• Episode 6: The Fall of the House of Zeus with Curtis Wilkie

  • May 3 2022
  • Durée: 1 h et 17 min
  • Podcast

Episode 6: The Fall of the House of Zeus with Curtis Wilkie

  • Résumé

  • The Fall of the House of Zeus tells the story of Dickie Scruggs, arguably the most successful plaintiff’s lawyer in America. A brother-in-law of Trent Lott, the former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Scruggs made a fortune taking on mass tort lawsuits against “Big Tobacco” and the asbestos industries. He was hailed by Newsweek as a latter-day Robin Hood, and portrayed in the movie, The Insider, as a dapper aviator-lawyer. Scruggs’ legal triumphs rewarded him lavishly, and his success emboldened both his career maneuvering and his influence in Southern politics–but at a terrible cost, culminating in his spectacular fall, when he was convicted for conspiring to bribe a Mississippi state judge. Listen in...!

    Host: John Uustal of Kelley | Uustal | Email John (jju@kulaw.com) | Follow John on Facebook (@JohnUustalTrialLawyer) | Follow John on Twitter (@JohnUustal)

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    Book: The Fall of the House of Zeus by Curtis Wilkie

    Guest: Curtis Wilkie, Author

    Guest: Jim Bartimus of BARTIMUS FRICKLETON ROBERTSON RADER

    Guest: John Gomez of Gomez Trial Attorneys

    Guest: Chris Tisi from Levin Papantonio

    Guest: Cale Conley of CONLEY GRIGGS PARTIN

    Guest: Julie Kane of COLSON HICKS EIDSON

    Guest: Rich Newsome of Newsome | Melton

    Guest: Harold Pryor, Broward State Attorney

    Guest: Mel Orchard of The Spence Law Firm

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