“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.” PeopleGivingGiving UpLawyerClientsPersistentIndividualistic Author:Lynne Stewart
“There are lawyers who believe in client-centered representation and who are dedicated on the same level I feel I was dedicated.” FeelsBelieveLevelsLawyerDedicatedClientsRepresentation Author:Lynne Stewart
“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.” HelpingTodayFightingJusticeWonderfulLawyerSupreme CourtYou Can Do ItSupreme Court Justice Author:Lynne Stewart
“I feel for young people today. When I came out of law school, yes, we were broke, we had kids, we had problems. But it was straightforward. I didn't have to say, "My God, I am $80,000 in debt, I have to get a job, I have to pay it back, my life is ruined otherwise." We were able to go forward and work toward building something new, and that's what we did. Today many lawyers are unable to feel free to be advocates.” PeopleProblemKidsTodaySchoolBuildingLawyerBrokeSomething NewStraightforwardLaw School Author:Lynne Stewart
“Being a lawyer, first of all, think creatively. Think, "How can we deal with this particular case in a way we haven't dealt with similar ones in the past?" Second, don't be afraid of the people who are willing to defend your client. I find too many lawyers say, "Keep that defense committee away from me!" If it weren't for my defense committee, I'd be sitting in federal prison in Texas today. And the press! You've got to learn to handle the press because god knows the government does all the time.” PeopleThinkingTodayPastPrisonLawyerGod Knows Author:Lynne Stewart
“On a certain level, we don't try enough cases. We should try more cases before juries and let jurors decide. On grand juries, my position is the grand jury should be eliminated, but there are creative ways a lawyer can use a grand jury if they have a client with a sympathetic cause who has been wronged by the police.” TryingEnoughCreativePoliceLawyerSympatheticJuryWronged Author:Lynne Stewart
