Careers Quote by Samuel Alito

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 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

As a judge, I hire four law clerks each year. I look for the best.

— Brett Kavanaugh

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

As a practising lawyer, I was mediocre, but I worked hard as a law officer of the state government and on the private side.…

— P. Sathasivam

My second clerkship was with Bruce Selya, who is on the First Circuit, and it was a court of appeals clerkship. I learned writing…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

I practiced law for 10 years, and I always admired the lawyers who were not afraid to take unpopular cases. And I never had…

— John Grisham

I was a chief justice. And before that, I was a district court judge, handled major felonies, including capital murder cases; and I handled…

— Louie Gohmert

I was privileged to serve as a judge.

— Anonymous

I interviewed one of the most powerful lawyers in the world and he told me, "At the time, it was the worst thing in…

— Malcolm Gladwell

But I wound like people to think I was an honest judge and a good judge. And I always tried the reach the best…

— John Paul Stevens

I always look for judges who respect precedent.

— Susan Collins