"I would be jokesmithing. I had files with tons of disses that I would try to write as I was on the train going to school."

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The part that the public sees is the arguments up at the podium and the briefs that we file. But a significant part of the job - in fact, I'd say I spend more of my time on this part of the job, which is deciding what the position of the United States will be in the cases that we're going to be participating in before the court.

— Donald Verrilli Jr.