Episode 6: The Fall of the House of Zeus Trial School Top Shelf

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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