Martin Vail

On my first day of law school, my professor says two things. First was: from this day forward, when your mother tells you she loves you, get a second opinion.

If you want justice, go to a whorehouse. If you wanna get fucked, go to court.

Why gamble with money when you can gamble with people's lives? That was a joke. All right, I'll tell you. I believe in the notion that people are innocent until proven guilty. I believe in that notion because I choose to believe in the basic goodness of people. I choose to believe that not all crimes are committed by bad people. And I try to understand that some very, very good people do some very bad things.

You either run for office or you wind up a judge. Why become an umpire when you can play ball?

Yeah, I'm Martin Vail, from the public defender's office. I'm handling the Aaron Stampler case.

Yes, thank you, I forgot his real name.

I don't have to believe you. I don't care if you are innocent. I'm your mother, your father, your priest.

I speak. You do not speak. Your job is to just sit there and look innocent.

First thing that I ask a new client is, "Have you been saving up for a rainy day? Guess what? It's raining!"

Mr. Pinero has never been convicted of anything. Cops jumped him, he was left bleeding in the snow. It's a miracle he survived. Having said that, I am not opposed to a settlement.

You can't limit a citizen's right to live wherever he wants to. Legally, that's unenforceable.

It's confusing to me because I have document here from your office that says last year Michael O'Donnell spoke to the supervisor of that unit over a period of two weeks explaining to him - in graphic detail - of the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of Archbishop Rushman. Isn't it also true, Mr. State's attorney, that your "friend" Archbishop Rushman was not going to stand trial for any of it? He owed you big time. You must've been very pissed off when he pulled out of the South River construction deal. What happened? He finally said "I can't take it anymore" and you said "no". You and your investors had sixty millions reasons to kill him!

Just like what you and your "associates" did in killing Joey Pinero just yesterday!

So… what you're telling me is I can't get a fair trial in your courtroom? You're also in league with Shaughnessy and the entire city counsel at covering all this up?

Fine! Do you want me to make that check out to you judge?

Wait... What did you just say? What? You told me just a few minutes ago that you didn't remember. You blacked out. You "lost time" yet again. So, how do you know about her neck?

You're good. You are really good.

So there never... there never was a Roy?