And the judge, all the while, he's laughin' and smilin'. And then afterwards, he asked me to go to lunch with him.

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- And finally, after getting this one fellow off some very serious charges for about the fourth time, I tell you the truth - my conscience got to me.

- Wouldn't I be better off serving justice by puttin' the guilty in jail?

- Well, that's what I've been doing, and, uh, I'm a happier man for it.

- How about you?

- Well, I got a bullshit traffic ticket. I went to court. I got the cop on the stand, and I argued with him until he admitted he was wrong.

- And the judge, all the while, he's laughin' and smilin'. And then afterwards, he asked me to go to lunch with him.

- Then he says to me, You know what? You'd be a good litigator. I don't know what the hell he was talking about. I don't know what a litigator is.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

- I never thought of becoming a lawyer. But this judge was from Brooklyn too. I mean, he did it, so all of a sudden it seemed possible. So I went to law school.

- Then, from time to time, he would come by, see how I was doin', if I needed anything.

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