John O'Quinn

JOHN M. O’QUINN JOHN M. O’QUINN, dedicated and extremely successful trial lawyer, generous benefactor, and devoted friend to those who loved him, has ended his earthly journey far too soon. John’s journey was always exciting because he demanded so much of himself. Born on the 4th of September 1941, he passed away Thursday, the 29th of October 2009. John spent his professional life as a powerful advocate for the powerless – he was the courtroom champion of the ordinary person. He seemed bigger than life with his dynamic personality and folksy presence, which cleverly masked a giant intellect. He believed that the courtroom was ... Read Full Story

JOHN M. O’QUINN JOHN M. O’QUINN, dedicated and extremely successful trial lawyer, generous benefactor, and devoted friend to those who loved him, has ended his earthly journey far too soon. John’s journey was always exciting because he demanded so much of himself. Born on the 4th of September 1941, he passed away Thursday, the 29th of October 2009. John spent his professional life as a powerful advocate for the powerless – he was the courtroom champion of the ordinary person. He seemed bigger than life with his dynamic personality and folksy presence, which cleverly masked a giant intellect. He believed that the courtroom was ... Read Full Story

The death of the great Houston, Texas philanthropist and litigator John O’Quinn is reverberating through the news wires from coast to coast. From the rich and famous to you and me, tears are being shed for the man who once said, “What I do is represent the powerless against the powerful.” And that he did . He took on giant corporations like Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Dow Chemical and the tobacco industry and fought for justice for every day people who otherwise would have been victimized by greed and power. I came to know of Mr O’Quinn years ago when I was researching for an attorney ... Read Full Story

“What I do is represent the powerless against the powerful. I’ve been blessed with talent, and I’ve got commitment and passion,” O’Quinn told Texas Monthly in June 2000. Philanthropist and prominent attorney John O’Quinn passed away this morning after a car accident in his home town of Houston, Texas. He was 68 years old. On the O’Quinn Law Firm website, a company John founded, it states he graduated from Rice University and the University of Houston College of Law. Mr. O’Quinn was the first student ever to obtain all three of the top University of Houston law student achievements – he graduated valedictorian of ... Read Full Story

HIGHLIGHTS: John O Quinn, Attorney, Killed in Car Accident Associated Press : HOUSTON — Flamboyant Houston lawyer John O’Quinn, who won billions in verdicts against makers of breast implants, pharmaceuticals and tobacco products, died Thursday in a traffic wreck. He was 68. Attorney O ‘ Quinn killed in Houston wreck | Houston & Texas O’Quinn was one of two people killed when police say a sport-utility vehicle skidded across the median of a rain-slicked parkway just outside downtown Houston, went airborne and slammed into a tree. “Certainly the roads being slick could have had something to do with it,” Houston Police Lt. L.J. Satterwhite ... Read Full Story