Mark Lanier- Tort "War Stories"- Part 1

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(Running Time Approx. 96 minutes)

W. Mark Lanier, the plaintiffs attorney who won a $253 million judgment against pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. over the fatal effects of its painkiller Vioxx, spoke to Professor Jon Hanson's Torts class on November 19 at Harvard Law School.

Lanier is the founder of the Lanier Law Firm and serves as the Houston firms lead litigation counsel. He has won multi-million dollar awards for plaintiffs against such powerful corporations as Merck, Amoco and Becton Dickinson. The New York Times has called him one of the top civil trial lawyers in America. Professor Hansons Torts 6 class studies the various aspects of tort law, including the psychological, which was the focus of Laniers talk.

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The rest of Mr. Lanier's presentation has now been posted here. Please enjoy!

[1nsomniaK]

Texas Tech teaching Harvard a thing or two about lawyering. Damn Straight.

[jikky541]

Mr. Lanier gave my law school $7 million to build an addition that effectively doubled the size of Texas Tech School of Law. I wish I could thank him in person for making my experience here so much better. Something that's really inspiring; he didn't have a job late in his third year. A lawyer from Houston recognized his talent in a moot court competition and hired him.

[aktake2]

harvard doesnt do moots? ur kidding me...

[PoprocksCk]

@1nsomniaK I wish I were a Texan (I particularly wish I had that ACCENT!) so that I could credibly start my openings with "Now, I may be just a simple country lawyer..."

[dalecampbl5]

so i see u like opera. good stuff.

[rigoletto68]

Texas Tech and Southwest College of Law in Houston trains litigators not philosophers. They are very good speakers.

[BillClintonFan]

Thanks for posting this. I am a current 1L and I thought this was an amazing presentation. Thanks again!

[dalecampbl5]

u should put up the rest