Martin Vail: Do you trust me?
Aaron: Do - yes, yes. Yes, of course I do.
Martin Vail: Good. Because I don't trust you.
Janet Venable: I've got to admit, that face is great. Are you prepping him to take the stand? That stutter, it's p-p-p-p-priceless.
Martin Vail: I also need case histories on murder by stabbing, murder by mutilation, murder by religion. Also, I'm gonna need a psychiatrist.
Naomi Chance: You're telling me.
Janet Venable: What's the matter, Marty, you nervous? Been a while since you rubbed up against a woman with a brain?
Martin Vail: Let me just take you back now. Let's go back to June 1985. Do you recall any allegations of sexual misconduct?
John Shaughnessy: I have some advice for you. My advice for you, if you really have aspirations beyond this particular office, is to pick up that little handbag of yours, go home right now and destroy this tape you should've destroyed, like I did, the minute you received it.
Naomi Chance: What does he look like - in person?
Martin Vail: The Butcher Boy? Like a Boy Scout.
Tommy Goodman: A Boy Scout - with a merit badge in carving.
Martin Vail: They assume they're guilty. You know, they assume they did it, and, like, we know or something. You don't know. You don't ask. You don't care. You do the goddamn job.
Martin Vail: My name is Martin Vail. I'm what you call a big-shot attorney.
Janet Venable: How can your timing be so good in a courtroom and so bad in real life?
Jack Connerman: So, why'd you leave the State's Attorney's Office?
Martin Vail: Dead-end job. You either - you either run for office, or you end up a judge. Why become an umpire when you can play ball?
Janet Venable: You think you've got me. You think because you know me as well as you do, you know how I think. Well, I know how you think.
Martin Vail: You know what I'm thinking?
Janet Venable: Fuck him.
Martin Vail: Fuck him?
Janet Venable: Fuck you! Thanks a lot.
Alex: She freaked out! She panicked. She split. I don't know. I'm not expecting any postcards.
Molly: Were you sleeping together?
Aaron: Well, that's private.
Molly: I know. I have to ask the question. Were you having a sexual relationship, Aaron?
Naomi Chance: So how are you gonna get him off?
Joey Pinero: The Archbishop was a close personal friend of Mr. Shaughnessy. He came to me earlier this morning and asked me who was my best man, I said you.
Janet Venable: Thank you. I trust, Mr. Shaughnessy, if I am to prosecute this case, I'll be given the authority which comes with the assignment.
John Shaughnessy: You're the one trying the case, but let's establish one thing at the outset. I want the death penalty.
Martin Vail: Videotape?
Alex: Yeah.
Martin Vail: Of what?
Alex: Sex stuff.
Martin Vail: Sex stuff?
Alex: What, I have to draw a picture for you?
Answer: Nothing if he is telling superiors within the law practice he is associated with. Outside it, he would be legally bound by attorney/client privilege. He could be disbarred if he ever shared that information.
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I'm sorry. I forgot to add to the question of what would have happened if he had chosen to ignore attorney/client privilege. If he discarded attorney/client privilege, would there have been any legal actions against him and Roy?