Michael Stagg > Quotes

“for appeal and because that’s what lawyers do.”
― Michael Stagg, Swift Judgment

“I'll let the Judge”
― Michael Stagg, Lethal Defense

“when all the spokes lead to one place, you've got yourself a wheel and you need to roll with it.”
― Michael Stagg, Blind Conviction

“Intent”
― Michael Stagg, True Intent

“The same philosophy applies to the case materials; we spend time organizing every document, every piece of evidence, every statement, so that we can grab it when we need it. The point is to control the things you can control, so that you are ready when a thing you can’t control—a witness’s lie, a judge’s ruling, or an attorney’s ambush—springs at you from out of the tall grass.”
― Michael Stagg, Cruel Sentence

“There is a legal expression for this kind of news—great fuckety fuck-fuck.”
― Michael Stagg, True Intent

“le vestibule la dirté.”
― Michael Stagg, Just Plea

“similar”
― Michael Stagg, True Intent

“Practice generosity without reward, right?”
― Michael Stagg, Just Plea

“anything”
― Michael Stagg, True Intent

“had”
― Michael Stagg, Lethal Defense

“They spend hours, that stack up into weeks and months and even years, to get their clients what they need. They’re always putting things in”
― Michael Stagg, Lethal Defense

“so many hunters and wanna-be’s out there that you just might catch a Cheney.”
― Michael Stagg, Swift Judgment

“discussed”
― Michael Stagg, Swift Judgment

“in case you’re wondering, can be tricky because you need to chop some peppers and dice some ham and grate some cheese and beat the eggs until all of the white is completely folded into the yolk while butter melts in a pan but you need to bring the pan up to temperature slowly so that it won’t burn the butter or scald the eggs because once you pour the eggs in you need to run the spatula around the outer edge so that it doesn’t stick and you really need to watch carefully so you can see the exact point when the pan side of the eggs are firm but the top side is still runny because that’s when you flip them but I don’t have the skills to just flip it out of the pan so I just slowly work the spatula underneath until it’s all the way to the center of the egg circle and then flip it quickly so that it doesn’t”
― Michael Stagg, Just Plea

“Compassion as an abstract thought is useless, remember?”
― Michael Stagg, Just Plea

“their own lives aside to focus on their client or their deal or their trial and when that’s finally done, they swim right on to the next one just like their single-minded aquatic counterpart.”
― Michael Stagg, Lethal Defense

“Honestly, there aren’t a lot of ways for you to help him right now. But if you think of something, do it. If that’s a visit or a call or whatever you think would help him, do it. And then you’ll know, however this ends, that you did all you could.” I paused, then added. “It won’t make the pain any less. But it will eliminate the doubt.”
― Michael Stagg, Lost Proof

“nothing fell through the”
― Michael Stagg, Lethal Defense

“People call lawyers sharks as an insult. It’s true, but not in the way they mean it. Most lawyers are conscientious people who care about their clients and immerse themselves in the smallest details of their clients’ lives so that they can help.”
― Michael Stagg, Lethal Defense

“looked like Brett Daniels had sunk six posts into the ground near a tree, framed it, then built a small platform on top with deck boards. It was all treated wood but not stained or painted. A wooden ladder was built onto one side and all of it—the posts, the decking, the ladder—was a worn, weathered gray”
― Michael Stagg, False Oath

“Mr. Mack looked at his wife the way husbands do when they’ve stored information in the other half of their marriage.”
― Michael Stagg, Blind Conviction

“Sometimes you get exactly what you wish for. Sometimes it’s magnificent. And sometimes you wonder just what the hell you were thinking.”
― Michael Stagg, False Oath

“descriptions of pots by kettles.”
― Michael Stagg, False Oath