John o quinn

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HOUSTON— Two people, including one of Houston’s most prominent attorneys, were killed Thursday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Allen Parkway.

Famed trial lawyer John O’Quinn was traveling westbound on Allen Parkway in a black Suburban with another man around 8:15 a.m. when the crash occurred.

Police at the scene said the SUV lost control, jumped the curb, went airborne and crashed into a tree on the eastbound service road.

The tree nearly cut the SUV in half, and both O’Quinn and the other man died at the scene.

“Certainly the roads being slick could have had something to do with it. It’s a very preliminary investigation. It will take some time to figure out exactly what happened,” Lt. L.J. Satterwhite of the Houston Police Department said.

A witness said the SUV appeared to be moving at a high rate of speed when it lost control. She and a friend rushed to the crash site to help the men, but it was too late. Investigators had traffic blocked for hours after the accident.
O’Quinn, founder of the O’Quinn Law Firm in Houston, made a name for himself handling plaintiff’s litigation, including lawsuits against breast implant manufacturers and tobacco companies.

More recently, he represented Anna Nicole Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur, in a battle over the fate of the body of the late actress.

According to his official law firm bio, O’Quinn has been named one of the “100 Most Influential Lawyers in America” by the National Law Journal and among the five best trial lawyers of the past century by the Houston Chronicle, among other honors.