DA Adam Schiff

Steven Hill

The Quotable Adam Schiff

Life Choices

"Look at us--three men talking about what rights women should have over their own bodies. Doesn't that strike you as a little one-sided?"

The Secret Sharers

"A girl raped, a sister on trial for murder, Shambala Green with a jury--she'll milk 'em till they moo."

The Serpent's Tooth

Adam: "Great--a prosecution based on debt-refinancing. It's gonna get you real far with a jury."
Ben: "I'll lay it out for them--I'll draw 'em a Monopoly board if I have to."
Adam: "I'd like to see them get from Park Place to GO."

Sonata for a Solo Organ

Adam, when told of the crime: "Grand theft kidney."

Out of Control

"Utopia's a small town upstate, with a different zip code from the criminal justice system."

Blood is Thicker...

Adam: "Who's available to send in?"
Ben: "An armed robber and a rent-gouging landlord."
Adam: "Go with the armed robber. Ends up in front of a jury, get more sympathy than a landlord."

Cradle to Grave

"Love makes the world go round -- it also makes plea bargains difficult."

Intolerance

Ben Stone: "She pulled the trigger..."
Adam Schiff: [stares]
Ben Stone: "...not *physically*..."
Adam Schiff: "Ahhhh...[nods head] *meta*physically."

Skin Deep

(to Stone): "When did we turn this office over to the Marx Brothers? First nobody checked out the husband's custody suit, and now it turns out nobody checked to see whose bloomers were whose. You going for a record??"

The Golden Years

Adam: "Youth has no patience with the elderly, particularly the troublesome and cantankerous."
Ben [smiling, to Claire]: "Sounds like personal experience."
Adam: "I'm a teddy bear...and middle-aged!"

Big Bang

Stone: "He's not your typical killer."
Adam: "Sure he is. He killed someone."

Blue Bamboo

"This defense! Like my grandmother's nightgown, it covers everything."

Family Values

[Scene: McCoy wants to use a legal tactic that is (shall we say) unorthodox.]
Schiff: "Don't bother inviting me to your disbarment party."

Precious

"Munchausen, schumpchausen."

Rage

McCoy: "If we can establish that we would have inevitably discovered the trade..."
Schiff: "What psychic are you planning to call as your first witness?"

[to Claire]: "No one's being condescending here, young lady."

Performance

"Points for what??!!"

[Scene: Claire tells Adam that the Mac Rangers are covering for one another.]>br> Adam: "[They] must have taken an oath of stupidity."

Jack: "...I think I can win."
Adam: "That's great. You get an A for self-esteem."

"So you've got something legal and inadmissible that you're trying to get in the back door twice. [pause] I like it."

Claire: "The Judge reccommended that they serve 2 years." Adam: "Wonderful--they'll be out in time for graduation."

"Oh, The Constitution--that pesky thing."

Seed

"What are you going to do, put a test tube on the stand?"

Wannabe

Claire: "The school circled the limos to keep the Barkley name out of it."
Adam: "I'm shocked."
Jack: "This isn't stink bombs in the boys room, Adam! They hindered prosecution of an A felony!"
Adam: "Now I'm very shocked."

Act of God

"In the future when we go to trial, we should know what we are doing first."

Privileged

"Got no case? Come to us and we'll give you all the help you need."

Bad Faith

"What have you been inhaling? You want to name the Catholic Church as a co-conspirator?"

Purple Heart

Adam: "Well, at least there is one redeeming fact."
McCoy: "And what's that?"
Adam: "Saving the citizens a little money, losing two cases for the price of one."

Switch

"Now you're saying the father *didn't* do it. You ought to take this roller coaster to Coney Island."

Unidentified

"Quick! Shut the door before someone brings in a case we can win!"

"First day of law school: 'Perjurers do not make good witnesses!' "

"We're dealing with a judge who has to look to his right to see Thurgood Marshall..."