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In the 1990s, as Mississippi's attorney general, Mike Moore launched a lawsuit against 13 tobacco companies that eventually resulted in a $246 billion, 50-state settlement. His state lawsuit had become a swarm of suits backed by dozens of states and elite private attorneys, and then a victory that Moore proudly called the "most historic public health achievement in history."
Chip Robertson, a former chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court , said that many have tried to do what Moore is doing and given up. "Mike's not afraid of anybody because Mike believes that he's doing the right thing," said Robertson. A veteran of Moore's winning fight against Big Tobacco, he has now joined Moore's team ...
In one matter, Moore was appointed to defend a woman who was charged with various traffic offenses, including driving under the influence. On the day the client was arraigned, Moore met with her in the courthouse library to discuss the case.
The state of Ohio presented C. Michael Jackson with a law license in 1999 after he graduated from Capitol University Law School in Columbus.
In truth, the comedians sitting on the Ohio Supreme Court didn’t mete out any meaningful punishment to Moore.