James Chandler > Quotes

“You’ll never regret anything you don’t say.”
― James Chandler, False Evidence

“The last thing we need is twelve of these local mouth-breathers getting their feet tangled and acquitting the”
― James Chandler, Misjudged

“New Year’s Eve is amateur night—good, solid professional boozers stay home that night.”
― James Chandler, Course of Conduct

“arm. I am the chief of sinners. I am the chief of sufferers, also. It was from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The”
― James Chandler, Bodies of Proof: A Legal Thriller

“First, you must accept life on life’s terms.”
― James Chandler, False Evidence

“brother,”
― James Chandler, Misjudged

“The third rule is simple, as well. If you don’t know, say so. Don’t guess, don’t speculate, don’t exaggerate to look smart or to avoid looking dumb. If you don’t know the answer, simply say so.”
― James Chandler, False Evidence

“am the chief of sinners. I am the chief of sufferers, also. It was from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The”
― James Chandler, Bodies of Proof: A Legal Thriller

“Mary Perry was as skittish as a cow with a bucktoothed calf. Having”
― James Chandler, The Truthful Witness

“Never allow to be selected for the jury a woman with a mouth like a cat’s ass.” At”
― James Chandler, Misjudged

“and”
― James Chandler, Misjudged

“Word’s gotten out and that’s one reason why they are having a hell of a time finding young lawyers who want to take this on.” He took another sip and raised a forefinger. Sam could tell he was in for a lecture. “Young people don’t want what rural areas have to offer. What they want is a bougie suburban lifestyle—just close enough to the city to claim some knowledge of culture and diversity, but not close enough to have to put up with the traffic, smog, and shit-covered streets,” Daniels said. Sam smirked but didn’t interrupt, which Daniels took as a sign to continue. “Nope,” he said, shaking his head. “Most young lawyers want to be law clerks or environmental lawyers—whatever the hell that is—or patent attorneys or anything where they can call themselves an attorney and not have to go into a courtroom, think on their feet, and face a live adversary and the possibility of losing. That’s why when we get a guy like you—a guy with the ability to do what needs to be done on a client’s behalf—we ride you hard and put you away wet.”
― James Chandler, Course of Conduct

“What would a judge gain by killing a lawyer?” “Peace and quiet?”
― James Chandler, Misjudged

“You can’t change the past, and neither can he. But you can address how you deal with it, and the first step is for both of you to apologize, accept”
― James Chandler, Conflict of Duty

“had a”
― James Chandler, One and Done

“Vyvanse,”
― James Chandler, Misjudged

“You listen to me, you’ll end up with a good woman,” she replied. “You follow your own instincts and I’m telling you it’ll be five-foot-seven inches of gorgeous and one hundred thirty pounds of crazy.”
― James Chandler, Course of Conduct

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful,”
― James Chandler, Justice Bites: A Legal Thriller

“Jerry Jeff Walker”
― James Chandler, Misjudged

“Carfentanil, one of the most common, is ten thousand times more potent than morphine and one hundred times more potent than fentanyl.”
― James Chandler, Conflict of Duty

“a”
― James Chandler, Misjudged

“seek to understand, not to be understood,” and to “forgive, rather than be forgiven.”
― James Chandler, The Truthful Witness

“While legislators kept increasing jail time for offenses, they appropriated funds insufficient to build additional jails or prisons, or hire staff, or pay probation officers. As a result, judges were hesitant to throw anyone but the most dangerous into jail—it was simply too expensive to give offenders three-hots-and-a-cot for every little offense, and the overcrowding was serious.”
― James Chandler, Misjudged

“He’d never considered himself particularly bright, and his grades gave no indication he was wrong.”
― James Chandler, One and Done

“We’re either drinking or thinking about drinking—anything to keep us from thinking about the real issues out there.”
― James Chandler, Conflict of Duty

“A lawyer’s conscience is a unique way of viewing a legal situation. In forcing the State to play by the rules and prove a defendant’s guilt, we not only serve the client we’ve got but the innocent ones to follow, and hopefully we continue to distinguish our society from those that eschew an open, transparent system of justice.”
― James Chandler, Misjudged

“ready”
― James Chandler, One and Done

“What if his lawyer asks me?” “He won’t. That crazy bastard is as nervous as a short nun at a penguin shoot. He’s”
― James Chandler, Misjudged

“Well, normally, where a struggle has occurred, we see signs—broken furniture, things turned over, detritus on the floor—like that.”
― James Chandler, Course of Conduct

“The famous some-other-dude-did-it defense.”
― James Chandler, Bodies of Proof: A Legal Thriller