I didn't do too well until my second year, when I realized that there were no right or wrong answers and that my professors were interested only in how well I could develop an argument.

Joe Jamail

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I don't think the trial practice is dead. But it is very ill. There are some days you could throw a hand grenade down the hall of the Harris County Courthouse and not hit anybody.

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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.

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Ever since I was a kid, I've known I could talk to people.

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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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I spent a year at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, then transferred back to the University of Texas, where I majored in English and history.

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