ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, September 5, 1996 TAG: 9609050095
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-3 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: HOUSTON
Joe Jamail, the swashbuckling trial lawyer who humiliated Texaco in court, gave $17 million Wednesday to seven Texas institutions, including $5 million to his alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin.
Money is ``just paper if you pile it up. There's no fun just having it. The fun is seeing someone have an opportunity,'' said the 70-year-old Jamail, ranked by Forbes magazine last year as the nation's No. 1 trial lawyer, with $90 million in earnings in 1994 and personal wealth of $800 million.
Jamail, an earthy figure who spices his courtroom language with vulgarities, represented Pennzoil in a dispute with Texaco, winning a colossal $10.5 billion verdict in 1987 that drove Texaco into bankruptcy.
- Associated Press
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