“If the system turns away from the abuses inflicted on the guilty, then who can be next but the innocents?”

“You know what my father said about innocent clients? ... He said the scariest client a lawyer will ever have is an innocent client. Because if you fuck up and he goes to prison, it'll scar you for life ... He said there is no in-between with an innocent client. No negotiation, no plea bargain, no middle ground. There's only one verdict. You have to put an NG up on the scoreboard. There's no other verdict but not guilty."Levin nodded thoughtfully."The bottom line was my old man was a damn good lawyer and he didn't like having innocent clients," I said. "I'm not sure I do, either.”

“There is no client as scary as an innocent man."J. Michael Haller, Criminal Defense Attorney, Los Angeles, 1962.”

“I'm going to have to go out there. She had a mother and a brother. See who's still around and can look at this thing.""Harry, you sure you--""You think I have a choice?”

“There was still chicken on the bone but sometimes you just have to push the plate away.”

“I view people two ways. They're either eye-for-an-eye people or they are turn-the-cheek people.”

“There is nothing you can do about the past except keep it there.”