James G. Butler

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James Girard Butler (September 26, 1920 – May 26, 2005) was an American trial lawyer, known for winning many large verdicts for plaintiffs in civil litigation, including the first in a thalidomide case.^[1] Butler was also known as a civil rights leader and an art collector.^[1]