Courtroom Dweller Mugs

'I'm giving you the maximum punishment...I'm letting you go free to worry about taxes, inflation and everything else, just like the rest of us.'

'This is my partner. He'll be taking care of the small print.'

"Our new associate asks how much of a fee is too much. Do you want to handle this or shall I laugh in his face?"

'Look -- I'm willing to forget about all this if you are.'

'I appreciate how you feel, but I'm afraid your report card isn't grounds for defamation of character.

"You moved two spaced and then one space to the side? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, that sure sounds illegal."

"When it comes to medical malpractice, most lawyers only go for the money... ...I go for the doctor's head."

"Bailiff."

'When you get up on the stand be sure to keep your answers short. A whole lot of barking will only frighten the jury.'

"Gimme a 'D'! Gimme an 'N'! Gimme an 'A'!"

"We make crime pay."

"Objection! Pummelling the witness."

"I'm sorry, sir, but I've got to ask you another question. I heard someone in the courtroom shout out the correct answer."

"Better that a hundred guilty men go free than one innocent man be convicted, right?"

"The ignorance of the lawyer is no excuse."

Employer surrenders to case loads of workplace disputes and claims.

'Let's try it again. And this time, don't cross your fingers.'

'No, you weren't there. But in your expert opinion as a certified brainiac, do you think he did it?'

'I object, Your Honor! Hearsay evidence!'

"...And the court awards you twenty five thousand for the loss of faculty in your right arm."

Arrogant junior barrister

"'If you can't say something nice, don't say it at all' doesn't work with a grand jury."

"The Defendant must stop trying to side-step every question the prosecution asks!"

'Have you seen the ruddy margins the Chinese expect us to take up for this work?'

'Ignorance of the law is no excuse, dummy!'

"He says: If they're smart enough to hire a top lawyer and sue us for having wet floors then they're smart enough to look where they're *%&$* going..."

"May I treat him as a hostile lawyer?"

'Is there any chance I could do the five years vicariously?'

"Apparently, you have very little respect for our judicial system, sauntering in here with only one lawyer."

"Excellent! It's the disclosure documents for your hearing on Monday."

'With my degree in law and in physics, I hope to create resonable doubt.'

"This jury may not be swayed by any defense that relies on emotion."

"Objections overruled...I also think the defendent looks extremly dodgy"

Two lawyers in a royal court

"You can lie to the prosecutor but don't ever lie to your co-conspirators."