Causa Mortis
"There's no constitutional right to bail."
"I didn't realize I was still in the business of proving the defense's case."
"I don't mind breaking a sweat if at the end of the day, we get to put Salva's lights out."
"I believe in monsters and things that go bump in the night, Jack. May they rot in hell....along with their attorneys."
"I can think of better ways of getting goosed in the morning."
I.D.
Jack: "If we have another hearing, you'll model silk for him again?"
Jamie: "Trust me. He would have been just as big a fan of rayon."
Marks: "Miss Ross, I believe we last had the pleasure when I was sentencing some piece of scum represented by your ex husband."
Jamie: "I've been meaning to thank you for that."
"Am I a defense witness judge?"
"If I left at eight a.m..... I wasn't too impressed. I don't think I'd be going back anytime soon."
Jamie: "If I were still a defense attorney, Jack..."
Jack: "You'd cream us with this."
Jamie: "Yeah."
Marks: "Whatever kind of romp you've been on--"
Jamie: "Is relevant to this case if you'd stop focusing on my sex life!"
Gillum: "A wife certainly has an expectation of privacy in an apartment she shares with her husband."
Jamie: "You had the opportunity to bring that fact to the court's attention before the first trial."
Good Girl
Lennie: "Seven acquittals, huh?"
Jamie: "Eight if she were my client."
Jack: "You're 18, you're seeing somebody for two months and you don't tell anybody about it?"
Jamie: "Not all men brag."
Jack: "One kiss from a mystery lover. That's some revelation."
Jamie: "Want me to go back with a rubber hose?"
Jack: "I wouldn't dare suggest it."
Jamie: "In the meantime, all we have are maybes, could-bes, and coincidences. It's doesn't add up to a relationship or motive."
"Maybe today's the day to buy a lottery ticket."
"Our way was to get all our ducks in a row before going to the grand jury."
"You heard Danielle's father. That's who wins here, a bunch of bigots because your ethics might get ruffled!"
Survivor
"Just because he flies around with Congressmen doesn't mean a jury will believe him."
"The wolves were at Campbell's door."
"You think I need my hand held?"
"I can take notes."
"Got an account at that bank. Remind me to cancel it in the morning."
Jack: "This is the kind of place you gave up to be a DA?"
Jamie: "Mine had nicer leather."
Corruption
Cop: "You know a lot about their ordering procedures."
Jamie: "Hmm...I'm wearing this right now."
Double Blind
(referring to Jack): "What does he know?"
"As your client knows, I can have this pencil indicted if I'm in the mood."
"You want to change your plea back to plain vanilla not guilty?"
Jack (holding his motorcycle helmet): "What?"
Jamie: " I was just wondering if there's a motorcycle mechanic out there keeping his fingers crossed."
Deadbeat
"The suspect has the right to a lawyer--not to a good lawyer."
Pokras: "He doesn't even own a passport!"
Jamie: "He didn't need one to commit murder in the New York city limits."
"And you ran over here because you couldn't wait to get the bad news?"
"You trying to destroy both our reputations or just yours?"
"Where did he leave it (the gun)? Under a rock in Central Park?"
Family Business
(To Jack): "You act like it's the first case you ever lost."
Entrapment
Rey: "Here's a pamphlet on self-defense."
Jamie: "I wonder if it includes small arms training."
Witness: "She said I'd get jealous of all the great sex they were having."
Jamie: "How thoughtful."
Legacy
(after Rey comments on Lennie's `having a way with older women'): "It's a gift, detective."
Jack: "Leave an open seat next to you and any riffraff can sit down."
Jamie: "Are you sitting down?"
M.E. Rogers: "... just some sloughing of the hands and feet. Do you want to see?"
Jamie: "Oh, maybe later."
Menace
"Fine. I'll amend the charges to reckless driving, then I'll sign us up for a twelve step course for underachievers."
"They don't call him Crazy Mike because he sells discount stereos."
(after Adam wants her and McCoy to cut a deal with the large fellow who chased the victim to her death): "Great, another heart-to-heart with my favorite maniac."
Barter
"Don't you have a bar to visit?"
Jack: "Sometimes you have to make deals with the devil."
Jamie: "Just as long as you don't get your eyebrows singed."
Matrimony
Jack: "Arthur Gold will dress her like a spinster librarian."
Jamie: "Yeah. One who likes really old books."
"These family talks are so heartwarming!"
Working Mom
"You can sing I Am Woman loud as you want but it's not going to do your client any good."
Adam: "One seminar with a jury consultant and she's an expert."
Jamie: "Two seminars and six years of voir dire."
"Lay off trying to make Keene out to be a boy scout. He wasn't and it's not playing."
D-Girl (Judgment in L.A., Part one)
Jack: "Meeting with who?"
Jamie: "Mitchell Klein, Grant's new lawyer."
Jack: "Doesn't ring a bell."
Jamie: "It would if you read this month's Vanity Fair."
Turnaround (Judgment in L.A., Part two)
"We leave one 'T' uncrossed on that warrant application and Neal Gorton'll shove it down our throats."
Detective Miller: "I resent that."
Jamie: "I resent being lied to!"
Driver: "You have an 8 by 10?"
Jamie: "I have a snapshot with my daughter at the zoo."
"This is the break I'm looking for."
(to Jack): "Maybe you should take up golfing."
"I guess Neal's not the only one who knows how to play to the cameras."
"Well, moon doggie, what do we do now? Rent a beach house in Malibu until the appeal comes back?"
"What's he gonna do? Name the next monster in his movie after you?"
Showtime (Judgment in L.A., part three)
"Next time, try the cartoon channel."
"Neal....all these years and you still don't know anything about me."
Mad Dog
"Isn't it heartening? Even the rights of a disturbed serial rapist are protected."
Double Down
"You got me down here for an even-if?"
"You're worried about your reputation among criminals?"
We Like Mike
Passion
"This officer of the court crushed a young woman's skull."
Jamie: "They guy's got an ego the size of Central Park. He wrote a first person novel about his favorite bodily functions."
Adam: "You read it?"
Jamie: "My ex thought it was great."
Jamie: "What do you think she wanted to say to him?"
Jack: "Thanks for ruining my life."
Jamie: (sighs) "Please take me back."
Past Imperfect
"All this time I thought it was defense attorneys who were sleazy."
"No wonder everyone hates the legal profession!"
Terminal
(to Jack in the bar): "You wanna charge up Hamburger Hill with Adam?"
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