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Lawyer: My Trials and Jubilations

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Mr. Jamail's book is terrific. Yes he's a little full of himself but his results are real and he has accomplished a lot in his legal career. He's also had a few major financial scores that have put him in a very unique class of lawyer. This is a fun book with many stories about individual cases that made an impression on Joe and thus inspired him to fight for his client.

I found Joe's book entertaining and easy to read. His passion for his clients and job is a trait not held by most in the law profession.

This book is an amazing biography of a once in a lifetime super lawyer. Joe talks about his life, trials, and the famous case that made him a household name, Penzzoil v. Texaco. He did include his summation in the Pennzoil case. A summation that got the jury to award 11 Billion dollars judgment. This book is a must read for every aspiring trial lawyer.

I received this book (a signed copy) free from my law school upon graduation (within a year of publication). I suppose Joe had a few thousand lying around that he couldn't sell. I keep it in the bathroom in case my wife forgets to refill the toilet paper.

All kidding aside, it's amusing and anecdotal, but he's largely full of himself, as would be expected from a billionaire lawyer's autobiography.

Having been in law practice for just over 15 years, I've always sought inspiration from my older, more experienced and [much more] wizened colleagues. I've often found such inspiration in the example of well known trial lawyers who seem "larger than life."

I don't really compare myself to any of these great legal lions. However, I do draw from their gutsy manner and styles, their talent and inspiration. Joe Jamail is one fine example of a great trial lawyer -- whose enormous success almost speaks for itself. I for one am quite willing to overlook any personal flaws or quirks among such great colleagues, in favor of learning the wisdom of their experience and trememdous success.

Law students who have just taken a course in professional repsonsibility may characterize Joe Jamail as a bad man, as unscrupulouas, as a jerk. That is probably true. But, argumentum ad hominem. Just because the man is bad, his work may not be. The facts are that Jamail is one of the most successful American lawyers of all time; that he fights a tremendous fight for his clients. Read this book for what it is, an account of an outstanding lawyer and his interesting cases; not as an intro to legal ethics.

Joe's account of his life is told in the great prose of a trial lawyer. I really liked this book, if you want a look into this "larger than life" man, buy it. You pay!

Joe Jamail's book is a microcosm of his superiority complex. He thinks he is above the little man and this book reeks of his own feelings of self-importance. Why anyone would want to read this piece of garbage is beyond me.

Joe Jamail is an arrogant jerk. He has the audacity to claim he is above the little man and superior. His book sucks and reeks of self-importance.