Zach Scruggs

`King of Torts' Cops a Plea

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 05.25.2011

JACKSON, Miss. — Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the legendary trial lawyer who made Big Business tremble every time he set foot in court, pleaded gui...

Max Follmer

Trent Lott's Brother-In-Law, Nephew, Indicted On Federal Bribery Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Prominent Mississippi trial attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the brother-in-law of outgoing GOP Sen. Trent Lott, was indicted by a federal grand jur...