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Jury Dilemma: Believe T. Boone Pickens or Not

T. Boone Pickens is 88-years-old. His hearing and vision are poor. He tires quickly. The oil and gas mogul admits he’s made billions of dollars and lost billions of dollars.

But seated on a witness chair in a West Texas courtroom for two days last week, Pickens said several hundred million of those dollars he lost were actually stolen from him and he wants them back.

Natalie Posgate

Natalie Posgate covers pro bono work, public service and diversity within the Texas legal community.

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