Mar 17, 2000 · as Erin Brockovich Albert Finney as Ed Masry David Brisbin as Dr. Jaffe Dawn Didawick as Rosalind Valente Rodriguez as Donald Conchata Ferrell as Brenda George Rocky Sullivan as Los Angeles Judge Pat Skipper as Defending Lawyer Jack Gill as Defendant Irene Olga López as Mrs. Morales Emily Marks as Beth (8 months) Julie Marks as Beth (8 months)
Mar 26, 2022 · Tom Girardi, the real-life “Erin Brockovich” attorney and husband to “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne, has lost his law license as the apparent result of an ongoing conservatorship case.
Jun 11, 2021 · Tom Girardi was the actual, real-life attorney who stepped in to help Erin Brockovich get justice for the residents of Hinkley, Calif. back in 1993. However, if you’re looking for him in the movie, you won’t find a guy named Girardi in the Julia Roberts film “Erin Brockovich.”
Nov 24, 2019 · Assertive women are a nuisance, or at least that’s what the male-dominated world often suggests. Especially ones trying to take down corrupt corporations or outdated laws like the protagonists of Erin Brockovich and On the Basis of Sex.Both films are based on real women, set during the 1990s and 70s respectively, when women had a hard time being taken seriously in …
Apr 14, 2000 · T. he Julia Roberts film "Erin Brockovich" is in its fourth week as one of the most popular movies in America. It's billed as being based on …
Tom GirardiDisbarment recommended for Tom Girardi, lawyer whose law firm was portrayed in 'Erin Brockovich' movie. Image from Shutterstock. A California bar court judge has recommended the disbarment of lawyer Tom Girardi, whose estranged wife is Erika Girardi of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reality TV show.Jan 14, 2022
Although, obviously, Erin Brockovich used her real name in the 2000 movie about the case, and her boss Ed Masry also used his, Tom Girardi got a different name for the feature film. He was portrayed by Peter Coyote and the character based on him was named Kurt Potter.Jul 2, 2021
It served clients in California in a variety of legal areas. It was known for representing plaintiffs against major corporations. Chapter 7 Bankruptcy petitions were filed by creditors against the firm in December 2020 and it was defunct by January 2021.
Girardi was about as famous as a lawyer can get in post-O. J. America. He was one of the lawyers brought in by Ed Masry and Erin Brockovich to help sue Pacific Gas & Electric on behalf of the residents of Hinkley, California. (A composite of him and another lawyer, Walter Lack, appears in the movie).Nov 29, 2021
High profile L.A. lawyer Tom Girardi, who partly inspired the film Erin Brockovich, is embroiled in some serious legal troubles.Sep 24, 2021
Girardi worked on the “Erin Brockovich” case with Masry and represented residents of Hinkley, California, who sued Pacific Gas & Electric Co. over contaminated drinking water. Masry hired Erin Brockovich as a legal clerk. The firm reached a $333 million settlement in 1996.Mar 11, 2021
Erika Jayne is off the hook, at least in Illinois. "The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills" star has been dismissed from her estranged husband Tom Girardi's embezzlement and fraud lawsuit, according to court documents filed in the state on Jan. 29.Jan 31, 2022
Karen WeitzulIn August 1964, Girardi married his first wife Karen Weitzul. She filed for divorce in October 1983. Girardi then married Kathy Risner in September 1993, and Kathy filed for divorce in January 1998.
Tom Girardi Officially Disbarred by California Federal Court, State Disbarment Still Pending. Tom Girardi has been disbarred. According to documents filed under the Central District of California and obtained by PEOPLE, Girardi did not contest the decision. Podcast host Emily D.Aug 21, 2021
Masry, a crotchety criminal and tort lawyer, and Erin Brockovich, a self-trained legal assistant, filed a class-action suit in 1993 against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. In 1997, they, joined by two large law firms, won a $333 million settlement on behalf of 648 residents of the town of Hinkley, Calif.Dec 8, 2005
$5 millionErika is worth a reported $5 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.Oct 21, 2021
82 years (June 3, 1939)Thomas Girardi / Age
Erin Brockovich-Ellis is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss.
The real Erin Brockovich-Ellis claimed that the film was 98-99% accurate.
Erin Brockovich is best known for her involvement in one of the largest direct action lawsuits in U.S. history and is the subject of the 2000 film 'Erin Brockovich,' starring Julia Roberts.
Shortly after her divorce, Brockovich was involved in a severe car accident that necessitated her having neck surgery. She then moved to Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley, where she was referred by a friend to the law firm Masry & Vititoe, whom she hired to represent her in her accident case.
In the time since the Hinkley lawsuit that made her famous, Brockovich has continued to work as a consumer advocate and environmental activist. She has been involved in numerous successful lawsuits against environmental polluters as well as ongoing lawsuits involving automobiles, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
For her part in bringing the case to the firm, Brockovich received a fee of $2.5 million. But the publicity that the case received also brought Brockovich to the attention of Danny DeVito ’s production company, Jersey Films, who bought the rights to Brockovich’s story in 1995.
The $333 million settlement they received is the largest of its kind in the history of the United States. The story of Brokovich’s life and involvement in the case was the subject of the 2000 film Erin Brockovich, which starred Julia Roberts in the title role. Since the film’s release, Erin Brockovich has continued to work as a consumer advocate ...
However, their marriage eventually fell apart, and they were divorced in 1987.
The movie was a major critical and commercial success, earning more than $250 million worldwide and receiving multiple Academy Award nominations. For her performance as Brockovich, Roberts won the award for Best Actress.
he Julia Roberts film "Erin Brockovich" is in its fourth week as one of the most popular movies in America. It's billed as being based on a true story. But the film tells only half of it -- and the half it doesn't tell isn't pretty. The film is about a down-on-her-luck but defiant, twice-divorced, working-class mother of three.
The case never went to trial, because Pacific Gas & Electric, the utility accused of polluting Hinkley, and the plaintiffs' lawyers agreed to private arbitration before a panel of for-hire judges, some of whom had socialized with the plaintiffs' attorneys. Advertisement: Advertisement.
And while Brockovich appears on "Oprah," some townspeople are preparing for a new round of lawsuits -- this time against their former lawyers, including Brockovich's firm. The following report is based on interviews with scores of residents of Hinkley, and more than two dozen judges and attorneys.
The Hinkley case settled in 1996 and I was approached about the movie and giving up my rights in 1995. It wasn’t until late 1997 or 1998 that they really started gearing up for the movie, finding writer Susannah Grant and the director Steven Soderberg and eventually Julia Roberts.
Yes, I did dress that way. I was actually taken back by the response of many people regarding my wardrobe. I just dressed that way because it was fun and I liked it. I was taught never to judge a book by its cover. My clothing was nothing more than a cover and I have never thought that anyone was smart or stupid or anything else by the way they chose to dress.
Julia won an Academy Award® for her portrayal of me. People ask me all the time, is the movie true and accurate? YES, the movie was true and probably 98% accurate. They took very few creative licenses.
Yes, I had a potty mouth in the movie and I still do. On a couple of occasions I have caught the headline that I am a trash talking crusader. If you are referring to my potty mouth then I am the trash talker. No, I am not trash from the other side of the tracks. I come from quite an educated family.
Brockovich is played by Julia Roberts, who won an Oscar for the role and delivers its famous lines beautifully.
Throughout the film the greatest difference between Erin and other professionals involved in the case is that Erin takes everything to heart. She meets the people as a person, interacting with them attentively and relating to them on a real level. She is, basically, more human in her work than the others are.
One, a woman (Erin) being treated poorly by fellow women due to prejudice based on sexist ideas. Two, Erin refusing to be shamed, merely aware that she is separate from what other women consider "right". And then there is Ed, a man so unaffected by such social prejudice that he has to ask why she's left out.
Julia Roberts' rendition of Erin is famous for its iconic wit. She is a sharp thinker, a fast talker and slick in doling out insults. Erin storms into Ed's office and faces off with him for his bad behavior in not answering her phone calls. In front of his entire office, she demands that he give her a job.
This simple interaction between Erin and her older male boss, Ed, reveals many things at once. One, a woman (Erin) being treated poorly by fellow women due to prejudice based on sexist ideas.
A young female lawyer who encompasses pretty much all of the opposite characteristics of Er in, accuses Erin of having "holes" in her research. In response, Erin challenges her to ask her any question relating any of the cases, and rattles it off by memory. This shows her attention and care to the cases, and the fact that she treats them with the utmost respect—they are people to her, not numbers on a piece of paper. This is why the investigation began in the first place, because Erin saw past what was written on a document.
While she is listing off all of the ways in which he has behaved unacceptably to her, she catches the eye of a co-worker and calls her out for blatantly watching the interaction with jaw dropped. Erin often makes a spectacle, but will not be seen as ridiculous.
Erin Brockovich is a renowned Consumer Advocate and Environmental Activist who rights wrongs every day on multiple fronts. If you or someone you love have suffered because of an environmental contaminant, medical device, or a pharmaceutical, or because of something or someone else, get Erin on your side.
In Erin Brockovich’s long-awaited book — her first to reckon with conditions on our planet — she makes clear why we are in the trouble we’re in and warns us that if we’re waiting for someone to save us, Superman isn’t coming. Nor is the government or the environmental agencies. No one is going to solve this for us.
Community Healthbook is a groundbreaking website created by Erin Brockovich to enable individuals to post and share important information about issues in their community. Find local hotspots for environmental issues, pharmaceutical drugs gone wrong, infrastructure failures, and medical device failures that affect you, your loved ones, as well as neighbors and friends.