Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...criminal lawyer, Williams has devoted his career to destroying the notion that a lawyer be ideologically identified with his client -- or, as he says, "the insidious concept of guilt by client." Williams, who admits that he thoroughly enjoys a court fight, has taken spectacular and unpopular cases to make his point...
...When people ask me how I can associate with hoodlums," Williams says, "I reply that a lawyer's duty is not to admire his clients, but simply to defend them...
...clergyman can give counsel to the worst sinner, but when a lawyer gives counsel to someone who has had the condemnation of society, people say it's scocking," he adds. And he believes that the attorney should "exploit the law to the fullest benefit of his client" -- within the limits of integrity and the facts...
With his reputation established as an almost legendary trial lawyer at the age of 46, Williams appears to be bored and may attempt something new. When asked what excited him most, he replies, "Nothing right now," even though he is in the process of defending the accused assassins of Malcolm...
...Redskins, which he claims is his only hobby, he has inevitably been pulled into public service to a certain extent. Now there is a good possibility that some day he may seek elective office, he says. "It would be interesting to see if people would vote for a criminal lawyer," he muses...