Joe Jamail Quotes
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If you are not emotionally involved, your client is not getting your best effort.
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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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It's a great feeling knowing you've helped someone. That's what I've spent my life doing and my practice.
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We've got some well-run corporations by some well-intended people who do it right.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've known I could talk to people.
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The Depression did more to me than being a little Lebanese kid did.
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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.
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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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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.
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When I walk into a courtroom, I feel like I'm home.
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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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It has been pointed out to me, more than once, that for someone who chose a profession steeped in procedure and protocol, I had little use for either.
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For me, being a lawyer means to help those in need.
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What did I know about lawyering? I just thought it was another way to stay in Austin for another three years.
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Do you know what the root of mediation is? Mediocrity!
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I think Wallace Hall is an imbecile.
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We've got some real greedy hogs who own no interest in the company they're running, whose sole interest is in whatever it takes to be able to get to the point to fly out on their golden parachute and milk the shareholder and take risks that they shouldn't take.
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I don't want corporate America to think they can continue their duplicitous double-dealing.