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Join the Galveston Pachyderms for our March meeting with our Guest Speaker Tony Buzbee.
Guest Speaker: Tony Buzbee
The New York Times has described Tony Buzbee as “one of the most successful lawyers in the country.”
Tony Buzbee graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Psychology. After college, Mr. Buzbee entered the United States Marine Corps. In the Marines, he was the honor graduate in every special ops school he attended, to include Navy Dive School, and Mountain Warfare School. Buzbee was an infantry officer. He also commanded Recon Company of the First Marine Regiment. Buzbee earned the rank of Captain, and for his Marine Corps service was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal.
After leaving the Marine Corps, Buzbee entered law school at the University of Houston Law Center. While there, Buzbee was the Managing Editor of the Houston Law Review and was elected Class Captain. Buzbee was also state and regional mock trial champion. Buzbee ultimately graduated Summa Cum Laude, second in his class.
Mr. Buzbee has tried multiple cases to verdict, obtaining more than $10 billion in verdicts and settlements over the course of his career. He is the subject of the book “Defining Moments,” and has appeared on the cover of New York Times Magazine. In 2015, Mr. Buzbee was named “Attorney of the Year” by Texas Lawyer due to winning eight cases in a single year, including verdicts of $159 million; $41 million; $35 million; $39 million; $30 million; and $12 million, all while also representing Governor Rick Perry in his criminal case that Buzbee was ultimately able to get dismissed. Buzbee was also lead counsel for Attorney General Ken Paxton in his impeachment trial. Mr. Buzbee has had the highest verdicts awarded in multiple courts across Texas.
Texas Monthly said of Buzbee: “Buzbee has made his name going after corporations, and he usually wins big.”
The New York Times described Buzbee like this: “Mr. Buzbee is a big, mean, ambitious, tenacious, fire-breathing Texas trial lawyer. Really big. Poster boy big.”
