Joe Jamail
Joe Jamail
Joseph Dahr Jamail, Jr.was an American attorney and billionaire. The wealthiest practicing attorney in America, he was frequently referred to as the "King of Torts"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth19 October 1925
CountryUnited States of America
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Your attitude will go a long way in determining your success, your recognition, your reputation and your enjoyment in being a lawyer.
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It's a great feeling knowing you've helped someone. That's what I've spent my life doing and my practice.
For me, being a lawyer means to help those in need.
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For every dollar we have given to athletics, we have given about 27 to higher education or medical research.
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I spent a year at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, then transferred back to the University of Texas, where I majored in English and history.
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I sent people to the penitentiary as fast as I could, never thinking about whether they deserved it.
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Any good trial lawyer knows that if you've got one credible expert or scientific study, then you can let the jury decide.
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The money doesn't really matter. I've been a multi-millionaire for a long time. My sons are rich.
Do you know what the root of mediation is? Mediocrity!
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Medical research is needed, and I just saw there was a need for help that the government - state or federal - was not spending the taxpayers' money on helping people get through college.
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I was taught that a lawyer was supposed to be a custodian of the community's legal and ethical sense.
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I think the average American has forgotten the great feel for liberty and accountability that the framers of the Constitution believed.
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I don't want corporate America to think they can continue their duplicitous double-dealing.
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I happen to have a giant ego, an admission that will not shock my close friends or critics. I am not uncomfortable in saying that because the ego of a man often gets great things done.