Best known for litigating against companies that damage the environment or injure people, Sacks successfully helped secure a $1.06 billion verdict against ExxonMobil[1] in 2001.
Sacks was a participating attorney in the landmark verdict against ExxonMobil in 2001.
A jury awarded his client $1.06 billion in damages for land polluted with radioactive material.
[2] Sacks and legal partner John Weston were counsel in a case representing the EU and 25 member countries and the Departments and Central Government of Colombia in tobacco smuggling litigation resulting in $3 Billion in settlements.
[3] Sacks was counsel in a case in which Ashland Oil paid $14 million to settle more than 5,000 third-party claims as well as damages,[4] expenses, and cost of the settlement.