No other profession is subject to the public contempt and derision that sometimes befalls lawyers. the bitter fruit of public incomprehension of the law itself and its dynamics.
Irving KaufmanThe trial lawyer does what Socrates was executed for: making the worse argument appear the stronger.
Irving KaufmanTo the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.
Irving KaufmanThe Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
Irving Kaufman