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Until one Southern, small-town lawyer figured out how Florida could sue Big Tobacco to reimburse the state for health care costs. The end result? Beyond the $13 billion settlement, hundreds of thousands of American lives have been, and will continue to be, saved.
Meet Fred Levin. Called by his own son a philanthropist and a cockroach, Fred Levin is no ordinary attorney, and his remarkable story is far from squeaky clean.
In And Give Up Showbiz?, New York Times bestselling author Josh Young works closely with Levin to give readers a glimpse into the extraordinary and entertaining life of the top trial lawyer who was a pioneer in establishing American personal injury law. Seen as an inspiring innovator by some and a flamboyant self-promoter by others, Levin has not only fought against Big Tobacco, he has won victories for women, African Americans, and workers everywhere.
Levins unprecedented legal career is just one aspect of his roller-coaster life story. From managing one of the worlds greatest boxers to avoiding multiple disbarment attempts, and from becoming a chief in the country of
Ghana to even being a person of interest in two separate murder investigations, his story reads like a novel suitable for the silver screen. And Give Up Showbiz? is both shockingly candid and wildly funny.
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And Give Up Showbiz?
This Grisham-like true story about one of Americas great trial lawyers will keep you turning pages. His success against the powerful on behalf of those with few champions has earned him election to the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame as well as two bogus murder investigations and numerous frivolous Florida Bar prosecutions. Fred wins when most lose because he has true passion for justice.
Morris Dees, founder, Southern Poverty Law Center
A Jewish trial lawyer from a small Southern town is named national boxing manager of the year and then made a chief of Ghana. He sues me, twice, and we still become great friends. It could only happen in America, and it could only happen to Fred.
Don King, boxing promoter
I will never understand how one of the best trial lawyers in history could get me involved in so many crazy business ventures, and still remain one of my closest friends in life. [Fred Levin] denitely is one of the most fascinating people I have ever met.
Terdema Ussery, president, Dallas Mavericks
Because of what Fred did to bring Big Tobacco to its knees, he likely is responsible for saving 100,000 American lives each year. I know he is very controversial and has many vocal critics, but Im proud to have him as one of my law partners.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Fred Levin is one of the most talented lawyers in the history of the state of Florida.
Reubin Askew, former Florida governor
[Fred Levin] makes people feel comfortable with who they are and with what he is doing for them. He has done a lot for the African-American community. He also throws amazing parties.
Emmitt Smith III, NFL all-time leading rusher
Fred Levin does not say a lot about the people he has helped. Thats the problem. In fact, most times he says nothing! I lived in Pensacola for a few years; during that time I got to know the real Fred Levin. Unjustly, the warm, loving, and giving man was brutalized sometimes by his critics. But I know the true Fred Levin, and he is, and always will be, a superstar in my mind. Indeed it is an honor for me to call him a friend.
Betty Williams, Nobel Peace Prize winner
The events, locations, and conversations in this book, while true, are recreated from the subjects, sources, and interviewees memories. However, the essence of the story and the feelings and emotions evoked are intended to be accurate representations. In certain instances, names, persons, organizations, and places have been changed to protect an individuals privacy.
Copyright 2014 by Josh Young
Photos on pages 4, 7, 53, 63, 107, 149, 152, and 159 courtesy of The Pensacola News Journal/pnj.com
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
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Young, Josh, date-author.
And give up showbiz? : how Fred Levin beat big tobacco, avoided two murder prosecutions, became a chief of Ghana, earned boxing manager of the year, and transformed American law / by Josh Young.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-940363-18-9 (trade cloth : alk. paper)ISBN 978-1-940363-41-7
(electronic) 1. Levin, Fredric G. 2. LawyersUnited StatesBiography. 3. Practice of lawUnited States. I. Title.
KF373.L489Y68 2014
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ABOUT THE COVER: In 1995, Fred and his wife, Marilyn, were having dinner with their friend, the artist LeRoy Neiman, at Robertos Ristorante at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Neiman turned the menu over and sketched this picture of Fred and also one of Marilyn. Two years later, on Freds sixtieth birthday, Neiman sent the sketch to Fred as a present. Neiman later visited Fred in Pensacola and added the inscription, before Fred Levin stopped drinking. As with many stories in Freds life, this one has an asterisk. Fred quit drinking hard liquor (and eventually smoking), but he still very much enjoys red wine.
For Susan Young Schwarz
T rial lawyers are mavericks. They are self-assured. They are flamboyant. They are also full of bluster and bombast. They are vilified in life and immortalized in movies. Many of the best ones are obnoxious, overpaid egomaniacs who are despised by most peopleat least until something goes wrong and those people need representation. And while its easy to scoff at their boast, I have always admired their brio.
When I was growing up, F. Lee Bailey was one of my heroes, on par with Miami Dolphins quarterback Bob Griese and Boston Celtics swingman John Havlicek. I framed the Time magazine cover of Bailey that came out when he defended Patty Hearst. I read his books, saw him speak, and waited in line for his autograph. Man, was he excitement.
This led to my exploring the lives of other colorful lawyers, like Melvin Belli and Richard Racehorse Haynes. In prep school at Choate Rosemary Hall, I went so far as to design my own directed study class in the insanity defense. I was the only student, and it was such a slog from the touchstone 1843 MNaghten case in Great Britain to the temporary insanity defense that Bailey attempted in the Hearst case that I abandoned the idea of a legal career.
Still, I continued to follow trial lawyers. There was no better place to watch them in action than the O. J. Simpson double murder trial in 1994 and 1995. The murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman occurred only blocks from where I had lived. Simpson was defended by a Dream Team of lawyers, led by Johnnie Cochran. With his masterful control of the courtroom, Cochran was certainly the biggest showman the public had ever seen in a real courtroom. And because the entire trial was broadcast live on CNN and recapped on every nightly newscast in the country, it was impossible to avoid.
Bailey also joined Simpsons defense team. Though Bailey was past his prime, his blasts of oratory were scintillating (despite the fact that I was rooting for the other side). Perhaps that was because he liked to knock back a couple of martinis at lunch hour, as was rumored. Only someone as confident as a trial lawyer would booze it up at lunchtime and return to court in a nationally televised trial.
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