The only way not to be afraid is to join with other people who are also afraid.

Today, it's not the same playing field as when I first became a lawyer in 1977, where the government had been restricted by our wonderful Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren's court rulings. Now it's all going the other way, the flow is against the defendant, against anything that could really help a client. But you still fight it, you do what you can do. It's all there is.

You know that question: What do you do when you think the client's guilty? The real question is: What you do when you think a client's innocent?

Lawyering is very individualistic. There are lawyers who are going to be that persistent birddog, they're never going to give up on the client, they're going to defend people.

You've got to learn to handle the press because god knows the government does all the time.

There are lawyers who believe in client-centered representation and who are dedicated on the same level I feel I was dedicated.

I would never take a case that had to do with abusing children. They're the true innocents.