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Joe Jamail, called "the King of Torts" by Time and Newsweek, is one of the most influential lawyers in the United States. Throughout his legal career, Joe has taken on some of the nation's biggest corporations. His representation on behalf of Pennzoil, resulting in a $11.12 billion verdict against Texaco in 1985, is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the largest civil damages award in history. His legal efforts have also caused the recall of three products -- the Remington 600, the Honda All-Terrain Three Wheeler and the prescription drug Parlodel.
Joe is also considered the greatest supporter of the University of Texas law school, to which he has contributed a significant amount of time and money. Along with his wife Lee, he is one of the top donors to the University in general. Most recently, the Jamails donated $1 million to help establish 33 scholarships for minority students through the Texas Exes. In October 2003, Eakin Publications published Joe's autobiography Lawyer: My Trials and Jubilations. The book is moving and detailed account of Joe's advocacy and triumphs as a lawyer.
Joe is additionally a singular figure in his profession because of all his verdicts for the families of workers and children killed or maimed in accidents not of their own doing. Joe has won all number of accolades, but he still refers to himself as "a sore-back lawyer." That's his way of not letting others portray his victories in terms too fancy for his taste. Joe's many civic and professional contributions reflect this commitment to helping others, including work as a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a trustee of the UT Law School Foundation, Fellow of the International Academy of Law and Science, member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, Grand Marshall of the Martin Luther King Parade, and Fellow of the American College and International Academy of Trial Lawyers. A former Marine who served in the Pacific during World War II, Joe lived through the Great Depression and witnessed how people treated their neighbors in times of crisis. As he remembers it, his parents were always willing to feed a stranger passing through town looking for work, and their compassionate spirit has remained hard-wired into his quest for justice.
Tom Mesereau is one of the most celebrated trial lawyers in America. He specializes in criminal defense (state and federal court) and civil trials. He defends corporations and individuals accused of white collar crimes; individuals charged with violent crimes; and professionals, including medical doctors and lawyers, faced with various allegations in the civil, administrative and criminal courts. He also advises companies and individuals regarding regulatory compliance and litigates a wide variety of complex business disputes.
Tom Mesereau is a partner with the firm of Mesereau & Yu, LLP in Los Angeles. Tom was educated at Harvard University, The London School of Economics and The University of California's Hastings College of Law.
He acquitted music legend Michael Jackson of all counts in a highly publicized trial in Santa Maria, California. Following a five-month jury trial, Mr. Jackson was found not guilty of 10 felony counts and 4 lesser-included misdemeanors. This case was covered by more media outlets around the world than any other case in history.
Tom's reputation as a trial lawyer is unparalleled. For example, in a one-year period, Mr. Mesereau obtained seven (7) acquittals and two (2) hung juries. He has won many high-stakes criminal, civil and administrative trials before judges and juries involving a wide-range of claims, including securities fraud, complex business disputes, murder, sexual assault and the death penalty. Barbara Walters named him one of the year's "Ten Most Fascinating People," for his trial excellence and commitment to representing the underprivileged. GQ Magazine named him one of its "Men of the Year," due to his determined effort, in the face of substantial obstacles, in the Michael Jackson case. He has been labeled one of America's best trial lawyers and is continually asked to speak before various groups about trial strategies and the legal profession. He lectures at numerous law schools, including Harvard, U.C.L.A., University of Southern California, Loyola, Southwestern, Chapman, and Thomas Jefferson. |
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