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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If you are not emotionally involved, your client is not getting your best effort.
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I don't think I'm a good ol' boy. Honestly, the last thing I am is a redneck. I like silk sheets, fancy cars, beautiful women, good whiskey.
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I didn't do too well until my second year, when I realized that there were no right or wrong answers and that my professors were interested only in how well I could develop an argument.
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I didn't know who she was, but I knew she was hungry, so I started handing out $100 bills and called the office and told them to bring me a bunch more. Then I had my cousin's store deliver a bunch of smoked ham and turkeys. I mean, these people are hungry and living under a bridge.
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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.
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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.
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I can't describe the feeling I got the first time I won a jury award for an injured person.
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If you start comparing my practice of law to what I could have been - selling bananas - you'll know why I gave money to the University of Texas.
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The trick is to learn to contain one's ego, not conceal it.
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The Depression did more to me than being a little Lebanese kid did.
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I love the system. Let me tell you why. People love it... The people, by and large, have great respect for our law and our system... Why do you think they go to that courthouse instead of killing each other in the streets, taking the law into their own hands?
Do you know what the root of mediation is? Mediocrity!