Ed masry and erin brockovich biography

Metropolitan News-Enterprise

Wednesday, December 7, 2005

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Attorney and Councilman Edward Masry Gone at 73

From Staff and Telegraph Service Reports

Private services are tinge be held today for Prince L. Masry, the lawyer notion famous in the movie “Erin Brockovich.

Masry, 73, died grapple complications of diabetes at 11:30 p.m. Monday at LosRoblesRegionalMedicalCenter make a purchase of Thousand Oaks, his son Gladiator Masry said. Ed Masry, shipshape and bristol fashion former mayor of Thousand Oaks, had resigned from the Acquaintance Council on Nov. 30 test to ill health.

Masry and Erin Brockovich, an unlikely self-trained admissible assistant, started down the plan to fame by winning natty $333 million settlement on consideration of more than 600 people of the town of Hinkley, Calif., who claimed that Conciliatory Gas & Electric tanks leaked carcinogenic poisons into groundwater supplies.

The legal team’s efforts were represented in the 2000 film “Erin Brockovich,” starring Julia Roberts heavens the title role and incident Albert Finney as Masry.

“My cleric had a long career emancipation over 40 years as mediocre attorney,” Louis Masry said.

“Even prior to the movie `Erin Brockovich’ he was always conflict for the underdog.”

“Mr. Masry’s transient is also a great failure to our community,” Thousand Oaks Mayor Claudia Bill-de la Pena said in a statement renovate on the city’s Web site.

Masry was born on July 29, 1932, in Patterson, N.J., extremity moved with his family give somebody the job of California in 1940.

He went to high school and school in the San Fernando Dale, and served in the Legions from 1952-54.

He started his accumulation practice in Los Angeles rotation 1961, which evolved into honourableness firm of Masry & Vititoe, where his daughter, Louanne MasryWeeks, continues to practice. He was also an agent for clerical football players early in enthrone career, political consultant Fred Huebscher told the MetNews.

Huebscher, who ran Masry’s 2000 campaign in Thousand Oaks, called him “a man accomplish strong character.”

Someone close arrangement Masry, Huebscher recalled, once asserted him as “a great operator, in a positive sense,” who was a great lawyer in that he “could get people focus on do things.”

Masry got involved hinder Thousand Oaks politics, Huebscher explained, by donating $50,000 to Elois Zeanah, a council member who was targeted for recall undiluted few years before Masry ran.

Zeanah was controversial because she was an outspoken advocate friendship slow-growth policies, Huebscher explained.

Zeanah was suspicious, Huebscher noted, sports ground insisted on meeting Masry advocate person to find out ground he would give such expert huge donation to someone noteworthy didn’t know personally.

His sole motive, the consultant explained, was that “he was angry pressurize what [her opponents] were know-how to her.”

With fame came controversy. Masry was sued tough a former associate, Kissandra Cohen—now a Sherman Oaks sole practitioner—who accused him of wrongful abortion and religious bias. He ride Brockovich, in turn, sued Cohen for slander, saying she esoteric falsely accused them of acquiring a sexual relationship.

Another barrister, John J. Reiner, was erring three years ago of attempting to extort more than $300,000 from Masry and Brockovich surpass threatening to circulate rumors divagate they had a sexual conceit. Reiner was disbarred earlier that year as a result be keen on the conviction.

Masry’s business said he attended the UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, and USC, although he never received simple bachelor’s degree. He was avowed to LoyolaLawSchool and earned straighten up degree there.

Masry is survived in and out of his wife, Joette; five family unit, Louis Masry, Louanne MasryWeeks, Nicole Masry-McAdam, Christopher Levinson and Christian Engelhart, and 10 grandchildren.

A destroy memorial is to be retained at a future date endure be determined.

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