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Judy Smith

Every American has the right to and the expectation of privacy in their private conversations. The decision by the state attorney to impanel a grand jury to investigate Linda Tripp and perhaps others concerning the recordings of private conversations will help establish that our cherished right of privacy cannot be trampled on.

Ed Koch

Eliot is the right guy to change Albany. As attorney general, he demonstrated a real commitment to reforming institutions from Wall Street to Main Street and I look forward to watching him work on reforming state government.

Andrea Tantaros

During his five years as an attorney general in Massachusetts, Bill Weld obtained over 100 convictions in public corruption cases and successfully prosecuted the top members of the organized crime families of New England.

Every time these big cases come up, it seems like Ramsey Clark is by their side, ... At some point, that diminishes the significance of having a former U.S. attorney general on the case.

Eric Holder

The responsibility of the attorney general is to change things and bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents.

At no point during the proceedings were we given a chance to explain ourselves. As soon as our attorney started reading a letter of support from Good Samaritan Hospital, 250 people in the courtroom began booing. It was something you would see on a TV show. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It didn't feel like America. It just didn't.

continue to investigate with the Attorney General's office allegations of illegal behavior that prevent consumers from getting the best insurance products at the best price.

We are very pleased that Mr. Cohen will join the attorney general and her office in the fight for Illinois consumers.

We are very disappointed that this is the route the U.S. Attorney chose to take.

We gave everything to our attorney ... but he felt three other individuals were taking a part in this.

to meet the expectations of Attorney General Reno and Director Freeh.

The opposition should be more careful and prudent about their accusations. Attorney Lozano is not with the administration.

The recent disclosures that resulted from the investigation by the New York state attorney general, as well as the practices uncovered by the staff of the SEC, the NYSE and NASD, reinforced the commission's conclusion that further inquiry is warranted,

I understand his attorney is talking about using the suicide attempt, but I don't know how they'll get that information into a courtroom. I believe he's trying to use that to show negligent retention, making the city liable for hiring him and keeping him. But I don't think it's going to fly.

The SEC and the U.S. Attorney are still not done with their investigations, ... So certain other things may come to light.

These proposals were drafted by junior staffers and never formally presented to the attorney general or the White House. They were not drafted with the NSA program in mind.

Jonathan Turley

These defense attorneys are doing the right thing and probing every possible vulnerability.

Steve Thomas

I served a search warrant, only to find later defense attorneys were simply given copies of the evidence I yielded.

I unfortunately believe and I use the word unfortunately because Speaker Black's career is long and illustrious that this matter needs to be referred to the district attorney for the district attorney to look at that issue and make those decisions.

Rudy Giuliani

The whole notion that police officers won't cooperate, this blue wall of silence thing -- the police commissioner and I challenged the police officers to break that silence, ... And one police officer -- a police officer, not a civilian -- came forward and courageously gave the district attorney the information that really has helped to pull this case together.

These are supposed to be civilians. There're not supposed to be attorneys involved here. This is an attorney's issue that was raised. We believe it was raised by the district attorney, Mr. Brazelton, who is the gentleman we're trying to avoid in the first place.

We will wait patiently and hope the attorney general doesn't come out with a cease-and-desist order or something like that, ... We'll keep our fingers crossed.

We indicated we will work closely with (the U.S. Attorney General's office) to make sure this crime ends up in the proper court.

Samuel Alito

The things that I said in the 1985 memo were a true expression of my views at the time from my vantage point as an attorney in the Solicitor General's office. But that was 20 years ago and a great deal has happened in the case law since then.

Jean Chatzky

If you're filing bankruptcy, you will likely want to hire an attorney. But for debt settlement, a company is sufficient, or as I said, you can often do the legwork on your own.

He's an attorney in Houston. We tried our first case together in that courtroom. I think it'll bring back some good memories.

He's an individual who feels he has things to give the city, real experience as an educator, a business person, a practicing attorney and a crime fighter.

Bob Etheridge

So often, people are investigating things that happen in other states. If we're getting gouged here in North Carolina, it is probably someone in another state behind it, ... A federal statute would empower state attorneys general to cross state lines.

I've held two attorney general-like offices in New York City. I've gotten real results for the people and families of New York City. I can certainly do that for the people of New York state.

The billing practices of the law firms and expert witnesses made it likely that billing attorneys for the law firms and the experts who issued invoices did not know how much time was being spent for any particular task or how much money was being charged to perform those tasks.

The biggest one out there is the federal one. I wouldn't glean anything from what negotiations with the state attorney general could mean relative to settlement with the DOJ (Department of Justice).

The award of $775 million to the attorneys representing Massachusetts is excessive,