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Craig Washington: “That is right. When there are good lawyers on the other side, does it not make your job a lot easier? You and I used to…”

On the recordApril 19, 1994
That is right. When there are good lawyers on the other side, does it not make your job a lot easier? You and I used to try cases against each other. Really when you are trying a good, hard-fought case, do you not want a good lawyer on the other side rather than somebody you have got to hold their hand and spoon-feed them and do your job half as good as you are capable of doing it just so that you do not look bad in front of the jury and the judge? Every lawyer in here knows that. Every lawyer knows that.
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Craig Washington
Democratic · Texas
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Discussing the importance of having competent lawyers in legal cases.

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