Courtroom Quote by Melvin Belli

A lawyer's performance in the courtroom is responsible for about 25 percent of the outcome; the remaining 75 percent depends on the facts.

— Melvin Belli

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role…

— Floyd Abrams

Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his…

— Clarence Darrow

I think you don't know if a lawyer's a lawyer until there's something to overcome in the courtroom. Something goes wrong.

— Teddy Atlas

For a lawyer to do less than his utmost is, I strongly feel, a betrayal of his client. Though in criminal trials one tends…

— Vincent Bugliosi

Lawyers have been known to wrest from reluctant juries triumphant verdicts of acquittal for their clients, even when those clients, as often happens, were…

— Oscar Wilde

Every lawyer is an actor. The place where a lawyer's acting ability shines most is certainly in the courtroom, but it works very well…

— Jamey Sheridan

The public regards lawyers with great distrust. They think lawyers are smarter than the average guy but use their intelligence deviously. Well, they're wrong.…

— F. Lee Bailey

You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research.

— Nancy Grace

“Studying the rule of law won't make a great litigator. It is the act of trying cases in real courtrooms with real plaintiffs and…

— Marian Deegan

“Studying the rule of law won't make a great litigator. It is the act of trying cases in real courtrooms with real plaintiffs and…

— Marian Deegan

Successful trial lawyers are like heat-seeking missiles carrying payloads of information prejudicial to their opponent's case, constantly looking for the chance to unload their…

— David Berg