No. 39: Joe Jamail Jr.
Age: 87Home: HoustonNet Worth $1.6 billion
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Massive contingency fees, like the estimated $345 million he collected in Pennzoil v. Texaco back in the eighties, have made Joe Jamail America’s richest practicing lawyer. He’s one of the most generous too, having given away some $230 million, and the Jamail name can now be found on everything from the football field and the swim center at the University of Texas at Austin to the plaza in front of Rice University’s public policy school to a Houston skate park. But for some of us, his real legacy is the YouTube clip titled “Texas Style Deposition,” three minutes of a cross-examination cage match in an old case involving Monsanto. Parental guidance suggested.
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Jump to… Telling Fortunes No. 1: Alice Walton No. 2: Michael Dell No. 3: Richard Kinder No. 4: Harold Simmons No. 5: Andrew Beal No. 6: Charles Butt and Family No. 8: Ray L. Hunt Nos. 9, 10, 11, and 12: Dannine Avara, Scott Duncan, Milane Duncan Frantz, Randa Duncan Williams No. 7: Elaine Marshall and Family No. 13: Jeffrey Hildebrand No. 14: Robert Rowling No. 15: Trevor Rees-Jones No. 16: John Paul Dejoria No. 17: Henry Ross Perot Sr. No. 18: Kelcy Warren No. 19: William Herbert Hunt No. 20: Jerry Jones No. 21: John Arnold Nos. 22, 30, 31, and 37: Robert Bass, Edward Bass, Lee Bass, and Sid Bass No. 23: David Bonderman No. 24: Richard Rainwater No. 25: Mark Cuban No. 26: Dan Friedkin No. 27: Timothy Headington No. 28: Tilman Fertitta No. 29: Rodney Lewis No. 32: Robert McNair No. 33: Fayez Sarofim No. 34: Ray Davis No. 35: Gerald J. Ford No. 36: Drayton McLane Jr. No. 38: Henry Ross Perot Jr. No. 39: Joe Jamail Jr. Nos. 40 and 41: Dan Wilks and Farris Wilks The Forbes Methodology
