An honest lawyer might say it's always good to avoid the risk of losing a trial.

That, and an honest lawyer, all wrapped into one.

He was seen, he said, as a good and honest lawyer.

"They will never affect an honest client who is going to an honest lawyer."

For the second time this evening, the honorable, yet sometimes horrible, code of ethics to which honest lawyers adhered had come into the conversation.

He is known as a cool and clinical persona and an honest lawyer.

Dewey set out to create a staff of young prosecutors like himself: honest, fresh-faced lawyers who were willing to put in 16-hour days.

"I'm beginning to think there are no honest lawyers," he said.

"Well - do you want a cheap honest lawyer or an expensive crooked one?"

He turned his square, honest lawyer's face straight toward me, daring me to contradict him.