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State Bar & Bar Associations

Nov. 2, 2011

Litigator hopes to steer agenda for plaintiffs' bar

Gary M. Paul of Waters, Krause & Paul LLP leads the American Association for Justice, the plaintiffs' bar's national lobbying group, at a time when trial lawyers are nervous about their political fortunes.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


EL SEGUNDO - One of Gary M. Paul's most searing memories isn't one of the cases he won or lost during his 37 years as a plaintiffs' lawyer; it wasn't in the courtroom at all. It was a vote in the halls of Congress.


In February 2006, the U.S. Senate came within two votes of allowing a bill that would have prevented asbestos victims and their attorneys from bringing suit in court, under...

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