Success in Court
Burris "has earned millions of dollars" in hundreds of police brutality and high-profile lawsuits, including a $3.8 million verdict for Rodney King and a $42,000 settlement in a suit brought on behalf of Tupac Shakur. He won a number of large settlements against the city of Oakland, California, including the city's largest settlement, $10.9 million for planting evidence in the "Oakland Riders" case.
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