Edward Masry is Arab-American of Syrian ancestry, and was born in Patterson, New Jersey. Ed was an attorney, actor, football agent, politician, and humanitarian. Edward, along with his legal assistant, Erin Brockovich, won an American history-making $333 million dollar direct action lawsuit, on behalf of Hinkley, California residents against Pacific Gas & Electric Company, which was made into a successful 2000 "Hollywood" Film, "Erin Brockovich", starring, Julia Roberts who plays Erin Brockovich and Albert Finney who portrays Edward Masry. Edward died on December 5, 2005 in Thousand Oaks, California.
Earned a law degree from Loyola Law School even though he never
received a bachelor's degree. He started his law practice in Los
Angeles in 1961.
Masry and Erin Brockovich, his legal assistant, gained fame when they
won a $333 million settlement on behalf of more than 600 residents of
the town of Hinkley. They claimed Pacific Gas & Electric tanks leaked
carcinogens into the groundwater.