The Little Black Book of Lawyer's Wisdom Quotes

“The first duty of society is justice. ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1757–1804)”
― Tony Lyons, The Little Black Book of Lawyer's Wisdom

“As lawyers, our first responsibility is, of course, to see that the legal profession provides adequate representation for all people in our society. I would suggest there is no subject which is more important to the legal profession, that is more important to this nation, than & the realization of the ideal of equal justice under law for all. RICHARD NIXON, IN HIS SPEECH TO THE NATIONAL LEGAL AID AND DEFENDER ASSOCIATION (OCTOBER 1962) [E]very”
― Tony Lyons, The Little Black Book of Lawyer's Wisdom

“Judges, like most people, may be divided roughly into four classes: judges with neither head nor heart—they are to be avoided at all costs; judges with head but no heart—they are almost as bad; then judges with heart but no head—risky but better than the first two, and finally, those rare judges who possess both head and a heart. ROBERT TRAVER Anatomy of a Murder (1958) The”
― Tony Lyons, The Little Black Book of Lawyer's Wisdom