1.  Any pesky suits, the court said, could be handled by the president's lawyers without much distracting the president.

2.  Deferential to the lawyers until the end, Ito declined on Wednesday to limit closing arguments in the case.

3.  Deputy district attorney Christopher Darden, meanwhile, had the most controversial style, described alternately by lawyers as too repetitive and assuringly low-key in his presentation Tuesday.

4.  Deputy INS general counsel Dea Carpenter said the government lawyers are spread too thin.

5.  Deputy Mayor Michael Keeley has resigned after an internal investigation found that his actions were "clearly wrong" in giving confidential documents to lawyers opposing the city.

6.  Dennis Greenstein, another Manhattan co-op lawyer, said that some of his client boards were bypassing middlemen when looking for vendors and contractors.

7.  Dennis Hartwig, a retired lawyer, said that while irresponsible anglers should be penalized, it was wrong to penalize others who exercised common sense but had misfortune.

8.  Dennis M. Lemke, Velasquez's lawyer, said that all three guards had clean records and would be cleared in time.

9.  Dennis Neuman, a Democratic Party lawyer, made much of the accusation's timing.

10.  Dennis Newman, a lawyer for the Florida Democratic Party, said the recount was no guarantee.