Quotes from Sheldon Siegel

Golden Gate Bridge in Marin

He isn't the kind of doctor you'd call if you're sick. He is, however, the kind of doctor you'd call if you're dead.

each other in Marin County in Larkspur, which is about ten miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Larkspur's eleven thousand residents

first person who's

heterosexual male who works in this building. Much to the chagrin of the members

and Tommy. Not to my teachers. Not to Mom. And certainly not to Dad. My biggest

Photoshop. The dog tag could

At S&G, we call what he does creative tax planning. Out there in the real world, most people would say he helps his clients engage in varying degrees of tax fraud.

I'm not going to try to deal with a murder case, menopause, and breast cancer at the same time.

Yeah. If everything else fails, we'll use the S-O-D-D-I defense." "SODDI?" Pete asks. "Some Other Dude Did It. We need to give the jury a choice.

The extra money we get from Martinez goes straight to the neediest members of our parish. Innocent people will be hurt. They use the money to buy food. This is about people who can't fend for themselves.

distraction." He wiped his mouth with his starched

It's amazing how otherwise rational people can turn into jerks when emotions run amok.

His description included multiple mentions of "synergies," "dynamics," "analytics," "enhanced reality," and "empiricals." It took every ounce of my self-control to avoid laughing when he started talking about something called the "hockey stick profit curve.

Irish revolutionaries.

Like all good lawyers, Mort pretends he's agreeing with her, while he's actually disagreeing. It's patronizing, but it works. "In general, Your Honor, that's true. On the other hand, when a video has been tampered with as this one has, or there is a substantial likelihood that it could be taken out of context, it could be unfairly damaging evidence.

The facts are your friends. Get as many of them as you can before you make any judgments about your client's case.