John Maurice O'Quinn <4 (September 4, 1941 - October 29, 2009) is a Texas lawyer and founding partner of The O'Quinn Law Firm (formerly known as O ' Quinn & Laminack ). His company made his business handle plaintiffs' claims, including representing clients who demanded breast implant manufacturers, medical facilities, and tobacco companies. O'Quinn died in a car accident in Houston, Texas, aged 68; the cause of the accident is under investigation.
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Biography
Early life
Born of Leonard and Jean Wilkes O'Quinn, John Maurice O'Quinn spent his early years in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The family moved to Houston when O'Quinn was a toddler, but his mother, an alcoholic, left the family when he was 4, not to return. O'Quinn grew up in a postwar bungalow in Houston University Place West and worked in his father's car garage. He was a top student at Houston Lamar High School, exhibiting talent in mathematics and science, and enrolled at Rice University, majoring in engineering; However, after being placed in an academic probation for "three of the six semesters there", he spoke with a vocational counselor who recommended career testing to determine the best bet for his future. Q'Quinn bounced, "After the exam, I was told I was a talking person, I liked helping people, fighting for confidence, punishing bullies and that I should be a lawyer." At that time, the University of Houston's underdeveloped law school did not require a college degree to be accepted; 90 credit hours are sufficient, so after accepting his father's blessing, he enrolled that autumn.
O'Quinn graduated first in his class from the University of Houston Law Center in 1967, served as editor of the Houston Law Review and won the state moot court championship. O'Quinn is a great intellectual force that he is the first lawyer hired from U of H by law firm Baker Botts. O'Quinn is divorced and has no children. In 1999, the playing field at Robertson Stadium was named O'Quinn Field in honor of his generosity and support for stadium renovations. After the demolition of the stadium, the name "O'Quinn Field" was later used for his replacement, John O'Quinn Field at TDECU Stadium.
Legal career
Making his name in dealing with plaintiff litigation, among O'Quinn's biggest wins was a $ 1 billion decision in 2006 against Wyeth Laboratory for his dietary drug, phen-phen, $ 17.3 billion tobacco settlement for the state of Texas, and $ 100 million for silicone breast implants made by Dow Corning.
In total, O'Quinn is estimated to have won $ 1.5 billion for his company, O'Quinn & amp; Laminack . According to a 2006 article in Forbes, O'Quinn's company had a pending case against stockbrokers and hedge funds for weak corporate stock shorts, and against Ford for rollover accidents caused by Ford Explorer. In the last decade, O'Quinn won, through settlement and/or verdict, over $ 20 billion for his clients.
Death
At about 8:00 am on October 29, 2009, O'Quinn drove the Chevrolet Suburban on Allen Parkway in Houston, Texas in rainy weather when the vehicle crashed into the sidewalk, across the grassy median and three oncoming traffic lanes, and crashed into a tree. Both O'Quinn and other residents, his assistant, Johnny Lee Cutliff, died instantly with a dull object injury. No man is wearing a seat belt. According to Captain Bill Staney of the Houston Police Department's Motor Vehicle Division, the Suburban crash data computer showed the vehicle drove at 76 mph just before the impact, and O'Quinn never braked it. The speed limit posted on the Allen Parkway section is 40 mph.
Car collectors
O'Quinn attended the Duesenbergs exhibition as a child at the Sam Houston Coliseum, to see what his father called "the greatest car ever built." In 2003, O'Quinn saw the 1932 Duesenberg Durham Tourister for sale at a Houston auction, where he bought 14 cars that day including Duesenberg for $ 405,000.
O'Quinn maintains a large collection of cars. This collection has a total value of over $ 100 million and includes at least 618 cars in 2006 ,. Collections include: seven Duesenberg; 1911 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is featured in the movie Titanic; John F Kennedy in 1962 Lincoln Continental Bubble Top limo, and Bugatti Type 57 in 1937 Atlantic.
In September 2006, he bought: Lamborghini Gallardo 2005 covered with 33 celebrity signatures ($ 500,000); Batmobile used in the film Batman Forever ($ 335,000), the Packard 1941 limousine used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt ($ 290,000), Talbot-Lago 1938 ($ 3,350,000); and the 1938 Town Car used by the Pope Pius XII ($ 250,000).
The essence of the collection was the plain 1960 Ford Escort GL, once owned by Polish priest Karol Wojtyla - before he became Pope John Paul II. Purchased at the Kruse auction at SEMA, the car was sold by the Pope at a charity auction to Chicago restaurant owner Jim Rich in 1995, who paid $ 102,000 for the car. O'Quinn paid $ 690,000 for the October 2005 car.
In late 2006 O'Quinn discovered that several cars were missing from his collection, including the Ferrari 575M and the 1965 Ford Shelby Mustang GT350. O'Quinn tries to get in touch with Zev Isgur, a 32-year-old former convict whom he befriends and is trusted with the management of his classic car collection. Isgur was later convicted of embezzlement.
On October 10, 2011, a car from the O'Quinn collection is said to be the world's oldest motor vehicle, a 1884 steamship steamer De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos, sold at a $ 4.62 million auction in Hershey, Pennsylvania..
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References
External links
- The Law Firm O'Quinn website
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