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Richard F. "Dickie" Scruggs (born May 17, 1946) is an American former A6A naval aviator, a prominent trial lawyer,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mr. Richard F Scruggs, Attorney )〕 one of the richest men in Mississippi, and the brother-in-law of former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Scruggs first came to the public eye after successfully suing the asbestos industry on behalf of ill shipyard workers. He later represented the state of Mississippi in the tobacco litigation of the 1990s. He also represented hundreds of homeowners in lawsuits against insurance companies following Hurricane Katrina,〔 and a national class action of patients against HMOs in the early 2000s. Scruggs was indicted for attempted bribery in 2007 and in 2009. He pleaded guilty in March 2008, and again in February 2009. Scruggs was sentenced to 5 years in prison on June 27, 2008 by U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers; and on February 10, 2009, Judge Glen H. Davidson sentenced him to 7 years for the second scheme, to run concurrently.〔 〕 ''Kings of Tort'', by Alan Lange and Tom Dawson, released in 2009, documents the rise and fall of Scruggs. ''The Fall of the House of Zeus: The Rise and Ruin of America's Most Powerful Trial Lawyer'', by veteran journalist Curtis Wilkie, was published in 2010. Scruggs legal career was derailed by his indictment in a judicial bribery scheme on November, 2007. Scruggs' motion to dismiss the indictment was denied, and he pleaded guilty of conspiracy to bribe Circuit Judge Henry L. Lackey. He also entered a 2009 guilty plea for a scheme to influence Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter. He served six years in federal prison and was released in 2014. ==Personal life== Scruggs was born in Brookhaven, Mississippi, on May 17, 1946, but grew up in Pascagoula, Mississippi.〔 He told ''Time'' that his father left the family when Scruggs was five years old. Scruggs was then raised by his mother, Helen, who worked as a legal secretary at the Ingalls shipyard. She was also an alumnus of Millsaps College. In 1971 he married Diane Thompson, a sister of Tricia Thompson Lott, wife of Trent Lott. The sisters are close, and their families often spent holidays together. Scruggs lived in a five-million-dollar mansion in Oxford, Mississippi.〔 〕 In 2003, he bought the upper floor of a building on Courthouse Square in Oxford in which he housed the Scruggs Law Firm.〔 In 2010, this space was purchased by the firm of W. Roberts Wilson, Jr. following the 2009 settlement of Wilson's longstanding suit against Scruggs for fees resulting from asbestos cases in the 1980s. Scruggs and his wife, Diane, were ardent supporters of the University of Mississippi, making large donations to several organizations on campus. Scruggs Hall, which currently houses the Music department, was named in their honor. The Scruggs name was removed from the building following Scruggs guilty plea to bribery in March 2007. The building is now called "The Music Building". John Grisham reported that Scruggs, while serving his sentence in federal prison, worked to help inmates get GED certificates, and expressed astonishment at the low level of literacy among the inmates. Scruggs took long walks with other white-collar inmates.〔(Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator ) for Richard F. Scruggs, retrieved 2009-8-3.〕 He taught non-violent offenders, many who were imprisoned on drug charges, helping them to acquire their GEDs and nearly 60 students under his tutelage graduated.〔 In August 2015, Scruggs plans to climb Mount Olympus in Washington in order to raise awareness for adults struggling to get their GED. Scruggs is also partnering with the Mississippi Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training program (MIBEST), which provides a remedial education and marketable skills to students seeking a GED. 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「Richard Scruggs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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