Words matter. These are the best Joe Jamail Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Any good trial lawyer knows that if you’ve got one credible expert or scientific study, then you can let the jury decide.
The Depression did more to me than being a little Lebanese kid did.
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.
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve known I could talk to people.
I don’t want corporate America to think they can continue their duplicitous double-dealing.
What did I know about lawyering? I just thought it was another way to stay in Austin for another three years.
For every dollar we have given to athletics, we have given about 27 to higher education or medical research.
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.
When I walk into a courtroom, I feel like I’m home.
I was taught that a lawyer was supposed to be a custodian of the community’s legal and ethical sense.
That’s a good feeling, to save your clients two billion dollars.
I think the average American has forgotten the great feel for liberty and accountability that the framers of the Constitution believed.
I think I’m doing some good. Obviously, I don’t need any more money.
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.
For me, being a lawyer means to help those in need.
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.
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!
I spent a year at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, then transferred back to the University of Texas, where I majored in English and history.
I think Wallace Hall is an imbecile.
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.
If you are not emotionally involved, your client is not getting your best effort.
When Frank Broyles coached at Arkansas, he used to have a golf tournament each year for all the Southwest Conference coaches.
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.
The trick is to learn to contain one’s ego, not conceal it.
