For me, being a lawyer means to help those in need.
From Joe Jamail
Any good trial lawyer knows that if you've got one credible expert or scientific study, then you can let the jury decide.
The money doesn't really matter. I've been a multi-millionaire for a long time. My sons are rich.
For every dollar we have given to athletics, we have given about 27 to higher education or medical research.
I can't describe the feeling I got the first time I won a jury award for an injured person.
You had to have a unanimous jury verdict, and one percent of contributory negligence barred all recovery. It was so satisfying to realize I could do it. And I'll tell you what motivated me: competitiveness. I was betting on me. That's what a contingent-fee lawyer does.
I think Wallace Hall is an imbecile.
When Frank Broyles coached at Arkansas, he used to have a golf tournament each year for all the Southwest Conference coaches.
I don't think the trial practice is dead. But it is very ill. There are some days you could throw a hand grenade down the hall of the Harris County Courthouse and not hit anybody.
By not trying the small cases, the lawyers don't get the courtroom experience. So when the huge, bet-the-company cases come along, there are only a handful of trial lawyers who can handle it. That's why these big corporations still call us old-timers every day.
9 perspectives
4 perspectives
3 perspectives
2 perspectives
1 perspectives