"It is my new goal in life to use every resource available to me to reform a broken justice system," said the San Antonio plaintiffs lawyer who has earned $100s of millions in mass tort litigation during his career.
August 23, 2016 at 10:20 AM
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Days after he won by representing himself an acquittal before federal jury of charges that he intentionally submitted phony names to recover damages from the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Mikal Watts expressed relief and vindication.
But Watts, a San Antonio plaintiffs lawyer, also spoke to Texas Lawyer after his trial about a newfound self-consciousness about his legal career, which had previously focused exclusively on mass tort civil litigation.
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