‘I Practice Law, not Extortion’: Soli Sorabjee
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Former colleague Tasneem Ahmadi sums up the inimitable Soli Sorabjee success formula. During briefing on a matter involving huge stakes, Mr. Sorabjee was advised to raise his fees accordingly. Not an unknown practice. His response: ‘I practice law, not extortion.’
Indeed, elaborates Ahmadi, the credibility and ethics of India's two-time Attorney General were of such high repute that when he argued a case, placing facts before the court, judges thought it immaterial to refer to supporting documents. Could a judge pay a higher compliment to a lawyer?