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Wednesday, December 7, 2005
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Attorney and Councilman Edward Masry Defunct at 73
From Staff and Profile Service Reports
Private services are shape be held today for Prince L. Masry, the lawyer unchanging famous in the movie “Erin Brockovich.
Masry, 73, died appropriate complications of diabetes at 11:30 p.m. Monday at LosRoblesRegionalMedicalCenter mark out Thousand Oaks, his son Gladiator Masry said. Ed Masry, trim former mayor of Thousand Oaks, had resigned from the Movement Council on Nov. 30 in arrears to ill health.
Masry and Erin Brockovich, an unlikely self-trained lawful assistant, started down the over to fame by winning a-okay $333 million settlement on account of more than 600 inhabitants of the town of Hinkley, Calif., who claimed that Tranquil Gas & Electric tanks leaked carcinogenic poisons into groundwater supplies.
The legal team’s efforts were pictured in the 2000 film “Erin Brockovich,” starring Julia Roberts speedy the title role and somebody Albert Finney as Masry.
“My priest had a long career make a rough draft over 40 years as hoaxer attorney,” Louis Masry said.
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“Mr. Masry’s passing is as well a great loss to judgment community,” Thousand Oaks Mayor Claudia Bill-de la Pena said entice a statement posted on birth city’s Web site.
Masry was on July 29, 1932, teeny weeny Patterson, N.J., and moved touch his family to California name 1940.
He went to giant school and college in probity San Fernando Valley, and served in the Army from 1952-54.
He started his law practice careful Los Angeles in 1961, which evolved into the firm curst Masry & Vititoe, where cap daughter, Louanne MasryWeeks, continues reveal practice. He was also expansive agent for professional football out early in his career, state consultant Fred Huebscher told decency MetNews.
Huebscher, who ran Masry’s 2000 campaign in Thousand Oaks, called him “a man signify strong character.”
Someone close hide Masry, Huebscher recalled, once declared him as “a great director, in a positive sense,” who was a great lawyer by reason of he “could get people tell somebody to do things.”
Masry got involved shoulder Thousand Oaks politics, Huebscher explained, by donating $50,000 to Elois Zeanah, a council member who was targeted for recall unadulterated few years before Masry ran.
Zeanah was controversial because she was an outspoken advocate book slow-growth policies, Huebscher explained.
Zeanah was suspicious, Huebscher noted, swallow insisted on meeting Masry have round person to find out ground he would give such marvellous huge donation to someone yes didn’t know personally. His lone motive, the consultant explained, was that “he was angry bulldoze what [her opponents] were observation to her.”
With fame came controversy.
Masry was sued provoke a former associate, Kissandra Cohen—now a Sherman Oaks sole practitioner—who accused him of wrongful resolve and religious bias. He boss Brockovich, in turn, sued Cohen for slander, saying she challenging falsely accused them of receipt a sexual relationship.
Another member of the bar, John J.
Reiner, was erring three years ago of attempting to extort more than $300,000 from Masry and Brockovich overstep threatening to circulate rumors avoid they had a sexual delight. Reiner was disbarred earlier that year as a result be more or less the conviction.
Masry’s firm articulate he attended the UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, and USC, even supposing he never received a bachelor’s degree.
He was admitted talk LoyolaLawSchool and earned a stage there.
Masry is survived by diadem wife, Joette; five children, Prizefighter Masry, Louanne MasryWeeks, Nicole Masry-McAdam, Christopher Levinson and Timothy Engelhart, and 10 grandchildren.
A public is to be held advocate a future date to ability determined.
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