When hiring a lawyer, should you try to hire the best liar? Is our system built so that the best liar wins? What about movies, and other things in our media that suggest that all lawyers are liars? Here are some truths about lawyers, liars, and the legal system. 1. Our Legal System is built on the Truth A foundational piece of our system is that everyone is supposed to tell the Truth. Everyone has heard the oath that witnesses take – “I swear to tell the truth, the whole trut