Jamail & Kolius

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MY TRIALS AND JUBILATIONS Highlights from Lawyer .
"I grew up loved. And I grew up fighting. I had to. I'm still fighting, in a different way. Bullies and snobs have always ignited in me the fire that smolders inside my soul. I have never been able to stand by and let someone abuse another person. I have to go in and help. And win,"

Professor Morris asked me what my parents did. 'Grocery business,' I said. 'I suggest you become a grocer,' he said. 'You are just taking up space here.' "He later told me that he was happy for me and very proud to have been my teacher."

"I told the jury, at the beginning of the Olin Robertson case, 'If you can't decide this case in the amount of $510,000 in thirty minutes, then you need to tell the judge that you need to go on home.' You have to challenge the jury. This has been my war cry. It has the added virtue of being true."

"The deputy and I walked into the Sears store and went upstairs to the manager's office. He was startled and asked what we wanted. I said that we wanted the keys to the store and ordered him to get on the loudspeaker system and tell the customers to leave, as we were closing the doors."

"I have been told since law school that the lawyer has to be objective, not get involved with the client emotionally. To that I say, nonsense How can I not be involved? I have been involved all my life."

He has been called a savior, a good ol' boy and an SOB. But one thing he will never be is boring!

"Jamail has made his millions, but he has done it with immense compassion for those who need his help most-the little as well as the big guys. There may be another king of torts someday, but there will never be another Joe Jamail."-Houston Press
Cover photo courtesy of The Houston Chronicle Cover design by Virginia Gholson Messer