Just one moderately competent lawyer, and the town would be looking for a new police chief.

He said it is crucial to have a competent lawyer from the beginning.

"My brother is a well-known and competent lawyer in his own right," he said.

Q. In the criminal area, there have been laws that guarantee poor people the right to a competent lawyer.

But we know now that it has to be a competent lawyer.

The right to a competent lawyer is the mark of a civilized society.

But will a financially strapped state pay enough to provide competent lawyers?

Robert Harris had competent lawyers during his 13-year effort to avoid the gas chamber.

A competent lawyer who had access to both sides.

Despite the efforts of a competent, respected and prominent lawyer, the case never came to trial.