Louis Nizer
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"Louis Nizer" was a noted American trial lawyer and senior partner of the law firm Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon.

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True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.

Preparation is the be-all of good trial work. Everything else-felicity of expression, improvisational brilliance-is a satellite around the sun. Thorough preparation is that sun.

Yes, there's such a thing as luck in trial law but it only comes at 3 o'clock in the morning. You'll still find me in the library looking for luck at 3 o'clock in the morning.

Still, I know of no higher fortitude than stubbornness in the face of overwhelming odds.