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Andrew Sacks is the managing partner of the Philadelphia law firm Sacks Weston Millstein Diamond, LLC. Best known for his aggressive litigation against companies that damage the environment or injure people, Mr. Sacks successfully helped secure a $1.06 billion verdict against ExxonMobil in 2001. The company was found guilty of polluting land with radioactive material and the case is the largest private landowner contamination case in U.S. history. ==Legal background== After earning his Juris Doctor degree from Dickinson School of Law in 1984, Mr. Sacks officially began his legal career with a focus on personal injury. His talent for administration was quickly recognized and Mr. Sacks started managing numerous legal service plans for large labor unions, one of which was Lodge 5 of the Fraternal Order of Police. In total, Mr. Sacks oversaw a membership of more than 50,000 union members and their families. While the firm continued to take on personal injury, medical malpractice, and maritime cases, the doors were also opened to plaintiffs in need of toxic tort and environmental contamination litigation representation. Clients benefitted immensely from the firm’s expanded practice areas. In addition to the new practice areas, a satellite firm was established in New Orleans, LA. This enabled the firm to better serve clients whose land had been contaminated in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Kentucky. As a pioneer in N.O.R.M. litigation, the firm’s efforts resulted in the largest, single-landowner verdict in the country’s history. Mr. Sacks then went on to help settle a tobacco case for $1.25 Billion dollars and to help settle three cases in excess of $200 million with one at $50 million. Even today, Sacks Weston Millstein Diamond, LLC is a leader in complex litigation and other environmental and toxic tort matters. Later in his career, Mr. Sacks went on to represent corporate and governmental clients from Europe, Asia and South America in U.S. courts on matters including antitrust and RICO claims. Mr. Sacks is admitted to practice in all Pennsylvania state courts, along with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Sixth Circuits. He is one of the few attorneys in the nation to have handled two cases where the results exceeded $1 billion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Sacks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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