Erin Brockovich

Heroes Second Semester English Project B Niki Aguilar Who is Erin Brockovich ? • Erin Brockovich is an American legal clerk and environmental activist • Despite her lack of formal education in law, her successful lawsuit in a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) of in 1993 was the subject of a 2000 film, Erin Brockovich, in which starred . Since then, Brockovich has become a media personality as well. Why she is my hero…

• Erin Brockovich, a legendary name. I have been inspired by her brave accomplishments,so as many people.Although she isn’t very educated, she fights against the best lawyers for those who are in need. She is a strong, tough and confident woman.. She succeeded in being the voice for those who don’t know how to yell. She is a rebel. She is a fighter. She is a mother. She is a woman in a men’s world. Erin is all that and definitely more. She is the person that proves you can overcome any obstacle if you believe in yourself and that’s why she is my hero.

Erin Brockovich in 2012 The movie

• Brockovich's work was the focus of the 2000 feature film, Erin Brockovich, starring Julia Roberts in the title role. • The film was nominated for five . • Only Roberts won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Erin Brockovich. Filming the movie “Erin Brockovich” Biography

• Erin Pattee is the daughter of Betty Jo, a journalist, and Frank Pattee, an industrial engineer and football player and she was born in Lawrence, Kansas. • She has two brothers, Frank Jr. and Thomas and a sister, Jodie.

• She graduated Lawrence High School, then attended Kansas State Lawrence,Kansas University, in Manhattan, Kansas, and graduated with an Associate in Applied Arts Degree from Wade College in Dallas, .

Biography

• She worked as a management trainee for in 1981 but she quited after a few months and entered a beauty pageant. • She won Miss Pacific Coast in 1981 and left the beauty pageant after that. • She has lived in California since 1982. Erin Brockovich

Big achievement • Erin’s exhaustive investigation uncovered that Pacific Gas & Electric had been poisoning the small town of Hinkley’s Water for over 30 years. • In 1996, as a result of the largest direct action lawsuit of its kind, spear-headed by Erin and Ed Masry, the utility giant was forced to pay out the largest toxic tort injury settlement in US history: $333 million in damages the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action lawsuit in U.S. History, to more than 600 Hinkley residents. Erin Brockovich Still Battling PG&E Erin & Ed Masry

• Edward Louis Masry was an American lawyer, a partner in the law firm of Masry & Vititoe and also a city councilman. • Ed Masry was the lawyer at that table, and it was his case and since Erin, is not a lawyer,she was working as Ed’s advisor. • With Masry and Brockovich working as a team, they discovered that nothing could stand in their way. However, before Hinkley case, life for Brockovich was rough. • When Ed Masry passed away in December 2005, Brockovich felt a wide range of emotions, including fear.

Awards

• Honorary Doctor of laws and commencement speaker at Lewis & Clark La School, Portland, , in May 2005. • Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters and commencement speaker at Loyola Marymount University, , on May 5, 2007. • Honorary Master of Arts, Business Communication, from Jones International University, Centennial, The book

• In her book «Take It From Me!», Erin provides readers with the motivational strategies and tactics that led her to find her inner strength and teaches readers how to use their own inner strength for amazing success. The book helps to answer the question Erin gets asked most often by producers, reporters, and all the people . Erin weaves her advice with her own personal stories including lessons she has learned long after the movie events ended. References

• www.march-against-monsanto.com • www.thriftbooks.com • www.lawcrossing.com • en.wikipedia.org • www.brockovich.com/ • connectinglawyerstolawyers.com • www.journalnow.com

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