An Innocent Client Quotes

“Granny said tardiness was nothing but bad manners, and that people with bad manners lacked character. Erlene”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“We”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“plea”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“He didn’t recognize the song that was playing, but it was one of those idiot black rappers.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“They call it the criminal justice system. What a crock. Defendants lie and cheat, police officers lie and cheat, prosecutors lie and cheat, defense lawyers lie and cheat, and judges—Jesus, don’t get me started. The American legal system would do itself a great service if it could somehow execute half the sitting judges in this country and start all over again”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“Why?” I said. That simple, three-letter word was the one I knew judges hated the most. Most of them didn’t feel like they had to explain themselves. They were judges, after all. They wore a robe, and the robe gave them the power to do pretty much whatever they pleased.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“idiot black rappers.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“Actually, he was hoping to get to see some of her employees in action.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“She’s as eager as I am to get me out of the legal profession. She thinks my work keeps me at war with myself—she’s told me more than once that she’s never seen anybody so conflicted.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“He was still tall and lean, but Mother Nature was beginning to bend him like an old poplar in a stiff wind.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“while Jack pounded them over the fence. Watching him hit a baseball was a truly beautiful thing to me. He was so quick, so powerful, so fluid. He was so much better than I ever was, and watching him gave me more pleasure than I’d had in months.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“Well, I swan, honey pot.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“Answering the question truthfully would have served no useful purpose, so I ignored it.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“What would I wish for this year? It came to me as I stepped out the front door into the rain, and the thought made me smile. The chances of the wish coming true were about a million to one, but what the hell? Why not? This year, I’d make my birthday wish simple and selfish. This year, before I gave up the practice of law, I’d wish for one—just one—innocent client.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“showed”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“they feared the consequences of remaining silent. “The first case we’re going to”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“was as though I’d become a passionless robot, simply existing from day to day without feeling.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“out”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“embarrassed to be showing weakness in front of my children. I stood”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“embarrassed to be showing weakness in front of my children. I stood there until the crowd had dispersed, and then, for some reason I didn’t understand, I felt the impulse to bend down and kiss her casket. I’d kissed her at the nursing home, but”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“JULY 9 10:50 A.M.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“I’m not sure. I saw a silver truck yesterday”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“She’ll”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“The best. Helping a guilty woman walk away from a murder made me the best at my profession. I wondered what I’d have to do to be the worst.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“I knew Angel was guilty, but the jury didn’t. They set her free.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“Like Angel, he’d been so traumatized that he probably no longer recognized the fine line between right and wrong.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“Make sure you tell her you love her.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“I’d found myself falling deeper and deeper into a mental abyss. No sleep. No appetite. No exercise. Nothing seemed to give me pleasure anymore, not even music. My attitude was becoming more and more fatalistic and hopeless. I had no enthusiasm, and no particular interest in anything, including sex. It was as though I’d become a passionless robot, simply existing from day to day without feeling.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“Mr. Dillard, my husband provided well for me, both while he was alive and after he passed. Money isn’t something I’m concerned about.” She shouldn’t have said that. The price I had in mind immediately doubled. “I’m going to be honest with you, ma’am,” I said. “I’m planning to get out of this business sometime in the next year. If I took on this case, it would mean I might have to stay a lot longer than I want to.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“in South Haven, Michigan, and moved to Tennessee when he was thirteen years old. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from East Tennessee State University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee College of Law. He lives in Northeast Tennessee with his wife, their”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client