Season 1

“Oh, hey, Nicole. How you doing? I thought the bleeding ulcers would have got you by now.”

— David E Kelley, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com

“In law there is one great eternal truth: If anyone goes to prison, it’s the client, not the lawyer.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Donald Cooperman, William Hurt, imdb.com

“I don’t hate you. That would take too much effort.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com

“I’ve had the shit beat out of me a lot of times. I just replenish with more shit.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com

“Shaken confidence does not serve the client or the firm.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Donald Cooperman, William Hurt, imdb.com

“So either be a fucking lawyer, or don’t be one.”

— Jonathan Shapiro, David E Kelley, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com

“'Fuck you' is good in traffic, but not in court, okay? In the real world, lawyers have to argue cases and shit.”

— Jonathan Shapiro, David E Kelley, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com

“You may be a fucking tough guy, but I’m a crazy guy. The difference is crazy guys don’t give up.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com

“Did Google happen to say what became of me? Because I’d love to know.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com

“Insurance companies make their money by not paying you. I mean, hell, they don’t even want to pay you when they owe it to you.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com

“Better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Donald Cooperman, William Hurt, imdb.com

“Corporations keep general counsels in order to have someone to blame if things go badly.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Donald Cooperman, William Hurt, imdb.com

“It’s not how many witnesses you have, it’s what they have to say that counts.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com

“Part of being a lawyer is knowing when you’re on to something.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com

“Good legal help’s hard to find. Blow jobs are easy.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com

“We’re liars by trade, we practice law.”

— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com

“No, no, no. No. No, don't look at me like you're going to be fucking me. Okay? Because I'm not a fuckable person.”

— Jonathan Shapiro, David E Kelley, Patty Solis-Papagian, Nina Arianda, imdb.com