Before Quote by Louie Gohmert

I was privileged to serve as a judge.

— Anonymous

If you want know what sort of a justice I would make, then look at what sort of a judge I have been.

— Samuel Alito

I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child…

— Susana Martinez

I was in the courtroom prosecuting violent felonies for well over a decade.

— Nancy Grace

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

— Geraldine Ferraro

Before I was elected to Congress, I litigated constitutional law cases in federal courts for nearly 20 years, and I found that the best…

— Mike Johnson

While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The…

— Samuel Dash

I clerked for a judge, William Norris, on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals right after law school and then for Justice O'Connor the…

— James Forman, Jr

When I was in court I was the judge; when I was out of court I wasn't. Most people didn't address me as judge…

— Steven Pacey

I was a journalism major in college, went to law school, and became a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. I loved it and was…

— Sunny Hostin

I had the good fortune to begin my legal career as a law clerk for a judge who really epitomized open-mindedness and fairness. He…

— Samuel Alito

I was the United States Attorney for Maine for three years, and then was appointed a federal judge.

— George J. Mitchell