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The Lincoln Lawyer
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"The Lincoln Lawyer" Quotes

A defense attorney representing a wealthy client becomes entangled in a web of deceit and danger.

Quotes

I'm not a magician. I'm just a guy who knows how to use the law to his advantage.

Michael Connelly

lawstrategy

In order to be effective, truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt.

Michael Connelly

trutheffectiveness

This was my life. I was a Lincoln lawyer.

Michael Connelly

identitycareer

There's no client as scary as an innocent man.

Michael Connelly

innocencefear

Lawyers are the knife of the legal system.

Michael Connelly

lawsociety

The law was a large, gray formless thing, a monument of human sacrifice that no one really understood.

Michael Connelly

lawcomplexity

I am the traffic ticket king of Los Angeles County.

Michael Connelly

careerachievement

Justice was a word that was used in court but seldom found there.

Michael Connelly

justicecourt

Lawyers are the foot soldiers of our Constitution; if they aren't effective, our Constitution is just a piece of paper.

Michael Connelly

lawconstitution

Courts are funny places. They're carefully arranged to look like churches, with God up on the bench.

Michael Connelly

courtobservation