Post: You Gotta Give it to the Boy!
Posted by Hardy Parkerson, Atty. on 10/06/06
We have a relatively young lawyer here in Lake Charles by the name of Ron Richard. I have known his older relatives for years, and most of them were plumbers. Well, when Ron grew up, he became a lawyer. Physically Ron is considered short; but in my opinion, as a lawyer, he is ten feet tall. A couple of years or so ago, he strutted into a courtroom where I was present during a recess, and became the center of attention. A couple of the court-room types- -lawyers and such--present said, "Ron, you ought to run for District Attorney," as there was a hot D.A. race about to take place. Immediatly Ron said, "Not me, bro! Me, I'm running for millionaire." My immediate thought was, How audacious can one be! How wrong I was, for it was only about a year, or a little more, later that this same little (in physical stature) lawyer signed off on a $64.5 Million Class Action Settlement. I also signed off on the same settlement; but I only got a small bite of it as my fee, compared to what Ron got. No one knows for sure, except the extreme insiders on this deal, of which I was not one; but I heard his cut of the attorney-fee pie was upwards of $6-Million to $8-Million. Not bad for a young guy not so far out of law school! Immediately all of the young beautiful girls in town were after him; or so it appeared. There is more to the story than this, but this is something to think about. Sincerely, Hardy Parkerson, Atty. Lake Charles, LA (Celebrating my 40th year in the practice of law.)
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