movie lawyers

Tiriel Mora as Honorable Dennis Denuto, Esq., of The Castle, explicating penumbral constitutional rights ("It's the vibe of the thing")

Tiriel Mora as Honorable Dennis Denuto, Esq., of The Castle, demonstrating firm law office management skills ("I *cleared* Tab 3!")

Paul Newman as Frank Galvin, Esq., of The Verdict, demonstrating business development techniques (can't find a video, talking about the scene where he is "bribing funeral-home operators to let him pass his business cards to the bereaved")

Robert Duvall as the actual real-life defense trial lawyer Jerome Facher, Esq., in A Civil Action (1998) ("You've been around long enough to know that a courtroom's not the place to look for the truth.")

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Maggie Ward, Esq., and Gene Jackman as her father, Jedidiah Ward, Esq., of Class Action (1991), where a crucial piece of evidence is "disclosed" to plaintiff's via production of a single damning paper "needle" within a "haystack" of dozens of boxes of document, on the

Mickey Rourke as J. Lyman "Bruiser" Stone, Esq., in The Rainmaker, providing a crucial case citation in the Federal Supplement to Matt Damon as Rudy Baylor, Esq. via payphone from an undisclosed location to which attorney Stone has repaired to escape the long arm of the law

Robert Duvall as Thomas "Tom" Feargal Hagen, Esq., in The Godfather films, providing a role model for transactional lawyers everywhere (His client "is a man who insists on hearing bad news immediately")