Oct 29, 2009
Remembering John O’Quinn
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By: Luke Gilman | Other Posts by Luke Gilman Go to Comments | Be the First to Comment |
John O’Quinn, the well known Houston plaintiff’s lawyer and alumni of the University of Houston Law Center passed away in a car accident this morning. He was a larger than life figure at the University of Houston and you couldn’t avoid seeing his name – it was on the law library, the football field and others.
Most students remember John for the talk he gave each year for the John Black Moot Court Competition – the intraschool oral arguments that are a rite of passage for all 1L students in the spring each year. John never missed a year in the time I’ve been here. He always gave the same talk. He told the story of John Black, a classmate of his at the University of Houston Law Center in much more modest times, a blue-collar guy who developed brain cancer after his first year but was so committed to the idea of becoming a trial lawyer who could represent the little guy that he kept coming to class even after the disease had robbed him of the ability to achieve that dream. When John Black passed away, O’Quinn, with some of the others in his class established the competition in his honor. John teared up every time.
- Houston Chronicle: Profile: John O’Quinn, Attorney’s accomplishments have not been without controversy
- Tex Parte: John O’Quinn had been going to San Antonio mediation but didn’t get on the plane
- Texas Lawyer: Houston Plaintiffs Lawyer John M. O’Quinn Dies in Auto Accident
- Tex Parte: Police say John O’Quinn was driving SUV, not wearing seat belt, in fatal crash
- Houston’s Clear Thinkers: John O’Quinn, R.I.P.
- Houston Chronicle: Lawyer killed in crash was both revered and reviled
- Houston Chronicle: Houstonians share memories of O’Quinn
- Texas Lawyer: Plaintiffs Attorney John M. O’Quinn Remembered as Being ‘Bigger Than Life’
- Houston Chronicle: Funeral for top lawyer O’Quinn set for Wednesday
- Texas Lawyer: O’Quinn killed while rushing home to get papers
- John Maurice O’Quinn’s Formal Obituary by Friend Gerald Treece
- Houston Chronicle: O’Quinn left most of his wealth to his charity
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