CREDENTIALS
of lawyer J. JUDE BASILE
"Jude
Basile is one of America's finest. I have
been proud to claim him among my best friends.
He is a man of great integrity and a deep
conviction in the rights of the injured and
the voiceless. I have had the privilege of
working with him in my Trial Lawyer's College
where he is a member of my staff. If I needed
help, and a lawyer who would care about me
and about justice, one I could trust, one
who would fight for me with proven skill,
I would search out Jude Basile."
--- Attorney Gerry
Spence
California
lawyer J. Jude Basile is known for obtaining
substantial verdicts and settlements in very
difficult injury and financial loss cases. He
is a strong believer in the jury system and
the need for lawyers to develop a true understanding
of and empathy for their injured clients.
Jude enjoys teaching other attorneys and is
frequently associated into cases by attorneys
who want to "learn while doing," and
acquire experience in Jude's simple, direct
approach to discovering and presenting the truth.
 J.
Jude Basile is on the Board of Directors and
teaching staff of the Trial
Lawyers College, founded and run by noted
Wyoming trial lawyer Gerry Spence With Gerry
Spence, he has set up regional groups of attorneys
to share and teach the College's unique and
successful methods of preparing and trying cases
on behalf of victims and their families.
The
independent national rating service Martindale
Hubbell has given J. Jude Basile the
highest rating, A-V. He is on the boards of
directors of various consumer and trial organizations
and has been
a member of the American Inns of Court.
He is a member of the United States Supreme
Court, the California, Georgia,and Federal District
Court bar associations, and the Consumer Attorneys
of California.
In 2004, Jude
was named "Trial Lawyer of the Year"
by Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (CASD) for
his work on four major cases and his work teaching
other victims' lawyers at the Trial Lawyers
College. Click
here to read CASD's press release.
Jude received
a Masters Degree in Business from Indiana University
of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor degree, with
honors, from Thomas Jefferson School of Law.
He began his career as a criminal prosecutor,
first for San Diego city and then Santa Barbara
County. J. Jude Basile was born and raised in
rural western Pennsylvania and grew up working
in steel and coal mining towns. He attended
college on an athletic scholarship and was inducted
into the Edinboro University Athletic Hall of
Fame as a Quarterback. He holds a B.A. from
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
More
about the Trial Lawyer's College:
The
Trial
Lawyers College is a training facility for
trial lawyers located near Dubois, Wyoming.
Attorney Gerry Spence created and directs it.
It hosts both annual programs in Wyoming and
four-day regional  programs
throughout the country. From hundreds of applicants,
only forty-eight lawyers are selected for each
class. J. Jude Basile was selected for
the first class Gerry Spence ever held, in 1994,
and shortly afterwards, at Gerry's request,
became an instructor. Jude now sits on
the College's board of directors.
Articles
by Jude Basile:
1.
ZERO TO 14.6 MILLION: How the TLC Method Brought
Justice to a No-Offer Case
2. Money
Justice for Love, Comfort, and Society in a
Wrongful Death Case
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