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The single greatest liability for a lawyer is pride
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A Civil Action

Now the single greatest liability a lawyer can have is pride. Pride... Pride has lost more...

Jerome Facher:

[to law students]
Now the single greatest liability a lawyer can have is pride. Pride... Pride has lost more cases than lousy evidence, idiot witnesses and a hanging judge all put together. There is absolutely no place in a courtroom for pride

Full Transcript

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The single greatest liability for a lawyer is pride
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Pride
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pride has lost more cases than lousy evidence
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idiot witnesses and a hanging judge put together
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There is absolutely no place in a courtroom for pride
Duration
20 seconds
Views
1,434
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:58
Uploaded
Apr 02, 2022
Genres
drama
Production
Touchstone Pictures,Paramount Pictures,Wildwood Enterprises,Scott Rudin Productions

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Movie Summary

A tenacious lawyer takes on a case involving a major company responsible for causing several people to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's water supply being contaminated, at the risk of bankrupting his firm and career.

Actors

Robert Duvall
Jerome Facher
Robert Duvall
John Travolta
Jan Schlichtmann
John Travolta
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