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John O'Quinn, R.I.P.
The Houston legal community remains in shock over the death yesterday in a car accident of famed trial lawyer, John O'Quinn. He was 68 years old at the time of his death. O'Quinn was a remarkably talented plaintiff's lawyer...
Jamie Olis seeks another chance
A little over a month after I started this blog back in early 2004, former Dynegy executive Jamie Olis was sentenced to over 24 years in prison for allegedly cooking Dynegy's books. That shocking sentence aroused my interest in the...
The targetor becomes the target
Famed Houston plaintiffs' lawyer John O'Quinn is used to doing the targeting in the lawsuits in which he is involved. But in the bizarre world of litigation swirling around the estate of the late Anna Nicole Smith, O'Quinn has become...
The silicosis-asbestos web
Don't miss this Matt Tolson/Houston Chronicle investigative piece on the cooperation between several Houston plaintiff's attorneys -- including prominently John O'Quinn -- regarding the prosecution of dubious silicosis and asbestos claims, sometimes based on the same plaintiff (see related earlier...
Bowl game reading
My old friend Coach Mac is in town this week with his Iowa State Cyclone football team to play the TCU Horned Frogs tomorrow afternoon in the EV1.net Houston Bowl at Reliant Stadium. As a result, blogging will be a...
The politics of charity in the world of health care
Wealthy Houston plaintiff's lawyer John O'Quinn (earlier posts here and here) recently proposed to donate $25 million to St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital -- the largest gift in the hospital's 50 year history -- in return for renaming the hospital's highly-recognizable...
John Edwards' vision through the prism of John O'Quinn
In this American Spectator piece, New York Sun columnist William Tucker relates to his past interview with famed Houston plaintiffs' attorney John O'Quinn in interpreting fellow trial lawyer and Democratic Party vice-presidential candidate John Edwards' world view: When it came...
Wyeth gets hammered in Beaumont
Brilliant Houston trial lawyer John O'Quinn strikes again. Update: Dylan over at Slithery D observes that Mr. O'Quinn's formidable talents are often misdirected....
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