Willie E. Gary is an American attorney, motivational speaker, and businessman, who has a $50 million net worth. Willie E. Gary was born into a family of poor southern sharecroppers and rose to become one of the world’s wealthiest lawyers.
Gary established the first black law firm in Martin County, Florida. Today, he is known for winning over 150 lawsuits that resulted in multi-million dollar settlements, including one case that ended in a $500 million judgment. He is currently a senior partner at the Gary Law Group in West Palm Beach, Florida.
What are the notable cases won by Willie E. Gary
Willie E. Gary won a $240 million verdict in 2002 when he defended All Pro Sports against Disney, accusing the firm of stealing the idea for the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
In 2005, Gary persuaded Anheuser-Busch to pay $120 million to the family of baseball icon Roger Maris in a defamation lawsuit.
Gary won $23 billion in a dispute against the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company over the 1996 death of Florida’s Michael Johnson from lung cancer, but the verdict was reversed in 2019 when the company’s attorneys appealed the decision.
The Gary family also controls Gary Enterprises, a real estate management company, and Kenneth, his oldest son, serves as CEO and president.
Willie’s son, Sekou, is a partner in his law company. Willie has appeared in numerous magazines, including “The Chicago Tribune,” “The New York Times,” “Jet,” “Black Enterprise,” “The New Yorker,” “People,” and “The National Law Journal.” Gary is also a popular motivational speaker, having delivered addresses at law schools, churches, universities, and chambers of industry around the United States.
Similarly, in 1995, Willie filed a lawsuit on behalf of Jeremiah Joseph O’Keefe, alleging that businessman Raymond Loewen had reneged on a deal with O’Keefe.
Gary ultimately secured a $500 million settlement for the World War II veteran and funeral home operator. After several appeals and trials, the matter was resolved for $175 million, and Loewen eventually retired from his firm.
In 2022, it was revealed that Jamie Foxx would produce a film on the case for Amazon Prime Video, featuring Willie and Tommy Lee Jones as Jeremiah O’Keefe. The film, titled “The Burial,” premiered in October 2023.
Source: thpttranhungdao.edu.vn/en/
Categories: News
Source: thpttranhungdao.edu.vn/en/
