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THE NATIONAL TRIAL LAWYERS HALL OF FAME
April 17, 2011
I have been a trial lawyer for over fifty years with
a law practice focused on those who have suffered damages or harm
due to the fault of someone else. I’m usually content with
what I have done for others during this last half century of being
a lawyer until I go to an affair like the one I just attended. Last
year I was inducted into the National Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame
along with Phil Corboy, Chicago; J.B. Spence, Florida; Russ Herman,
New Orleans and Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, Texas –
all great and nationally known plaintiff trial lawyers. Past inductees
include Edward Bennett Williams, Melvin Belli and Gerry Spence.
It was a humbling experience to be included with these lawyers when
I was made a member of the Hall of Fame last year.
This year, in Las Vegas, Joseph Cotchett, California;
Fred David Gray, Alabama; Elaine R. Jones, Virginia and Sheldon
Schlesinger, Florida were inducted. Cotchett was the lead trial
lawyer on behalf of senior citizens against Lincoln Savings &
Loan, represented 8,600 Filipino children abandoned when the Island
Naval base closed and has a life long history of pro bono legal
work. Gray has dedicated his life to eliminating racial discrimination
in Alabama. He represented Rosa Parks in he bus boycott and was
the lawyer for Martin Luther King. He hs been involved in every
major racial discrimination matter in his home state and performed
a life time of professional pro bono work. Elaine R. Jones has led
the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational fund and was the first black
woman to defend death row inmates. She has spent her life doing
pro bono legal work in the civil rights area of law. Lita and I
have known Shelly Schlesinger and his family for over thirty years.
In addition to his record setting jury verdicts he had dedicated
his work and his money to civic and charitable causes in Florida.
As I sat on the stage with these people while their
accomplishments were given I felt out of place with people who had
dedicated so much of their life to free legal work because they
knew it was the right thing to do. When we hear about trial lawyers
who have dishonored their profession, think of these lawyers who
have contributed so much for others.
Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A. represents clients throughout
the state of Florida including the cities of Boca Raton, Boynton
Beach, Carol City, Cooper City, Coral Gables, Coral Springs, Davie,
Deerfield Beach, Delray Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Hialeah, Hollywood,
Jupiter, Lake Worth, Miramar, Miami, Oakland Park, Palm Beach, Palm
Beach Gardens, Palm Springs, Pompano Beach, and Rivera Beach
Broward County • Miami-Dade County • Palm Beach
County
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