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Vince Megna
Vince Megna (born August 24, 1944, Iron Mountain, Michigan) is a Wisconsin attorney best known for representing consumers in 'lemon law' suits against motor vehicle manufacturers.〔Oldenburg, Don. "Recourse for When That Sweet Ride Turns Sour." ''Washington Post'' 26 Feb. 2006: Print.〕 Lemon laws are a type of consumer protection legislation that offers recourse to buyers of motor vehicles with recurring mechanical or other problems that are not resolved within a reasonable time by the dealer or manufacturer.
==Legal career==
Megna graduated from Marquette University Law School in 1973. He has successfully represented consumers in more than 1,500 Lemon Law cases,〔Oldenburg, Don. "Recourse for When That Sweet Ride Turns Sour." ''Washington Post'' 26 Feb. 2006: Print.〕 won some of the biggest jury verdicts and lemon law settlements in the nation and has argued before both the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. In 2003, ''Lawyers Weekly USA'' selected Megna one of the ten "Lawyers of the Year"〔"Small Firm Lawyer Goes National with Crusade Against Automotive Lemons." ''Lawyers Weekly USA'' 22 Dec. 2003: Print.〕 for his work in consumer advocacy. In 2006, Megna prevailed in one of the largest Lemon Law verdicts in the nation, a $385,000 judgment against DaimlerChrysler Corporation over a defective Dodge Viper.〔"Lemon Law Specialist Lands Record $385,000 Verdict." ''Lawyers USA'' 24 Apr. 2006: Print. See also ''Mortle, et al. v. DaimlerChrysler Corporation'', Waukesha County Case No. 2004CV001291.〕 In 2010, in a case that received worldwide media coverage, Megna obtained a $482,000 judgment against Mercedes-Benz for a $56,000 E class that wouldn't start.〔Foley, Ryan J. "Mercedes-Benz Hit with Large 'Lemon Law' Judgment." Associated Press 5 Mar. 2010. Web. 5 Mar. 2010. See also ''Marquez v. Mercedes-Benz USA LLC, et al.'', Waukesha County Case No. 2005CV 002885.〕
In 2003, Megna released ''Bring on Goliath: Lemon Law Justice in America'' (Ken Press, Tucson, AZ). Ed Henry, retired Automotive Editor for ''Kiplinger’s Personal Finance'', critiqued the work as, exposing "a greedy grab for profits at the expense of consumers like none I have read in more than 20 years of automotive reporting".〔Megna, Vince. ''Bring on Goliath: Lemon Law Justice in America.'' Tucson: Ken Press, 2003 Print. See back cover of book〕 Warren Brown of The Washington Post called ''Bring on Goliath,'' "simply the best book I have ever read on consumer justice in the matter of gaining compensation for cars that just don't work."〔Brown, Warren. "Real Wheels" ''Washington Post''. 8 Oct. 2003. Web. 8 Oct. 2003〕 Academy Award winner and author Michael Moore gave ''Bring on Goliath'' a "thumbs up."〔For Moore endorsement see Megna. ''Bring on Goliath: Lemon Law Justice in America''. 2003, back cover. See also Karp, Josh. "If Life Gives you Lemons, Call Vincent Megna." ''Wisconsin Super Lawyers & Rising Stars''. 2006: 23. Print.〕 The book inspired efforts in Hawaii to change its lemon law (HI HB 1753) into a more consumer friendly law identical to that of Wisconsin. The bill was strenuously opposed by the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association.
In 2006, the satirical and irreverent rant on society, religion, truth and the legal profession was published in Vince Megna's second book ''Lap Dancers Don’t Take Checks: The Truth about Law, Lawyers and other Trivialities'' (Ken Press). Johnny Dark, the Oldest CBS Page from the Late Show with David Letterman, wrote the Forward.
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