The brilliant legal mind we focus on today is renowned Houston attorney Joe Jamail, who died last December. Although he barely passed the bar exam, Jamail became a masterful litigator and was known as the “King of Torts.” In his five decades of law practice, he won more than 500 lawsuits and over $13 billion in damages for his clients. You can review his flamboyant life and career in this piece by Texas Monthly.