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Dec. 1, 2011

Reel Law

Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich: Do you know why people think all lawyers are backstabbing, blood-sucking scumbags? Because they are. ... I want you to know something, Ed, it is not about the number, it is about the way my work is valued in this firm.

- In Erin Brockovich (2000), the tenacious legal assistant (Julia Roberts, right) assumes her boss (Albert Finney) has short-changed her for her work on a class action against PG&E, but then is flabbergasted w...

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