Erin Brockovich-Ellis Biography

Fast Facts

• Wrote the New York Times Business bestseller "Take It From Me․ Life's A Struggle, But You Can Win․"
• Was awarded two honorary doctorates by the Lewis and Clark Law School and Loyola Marymount University
• After a traffic accident in Reno left her seriously injured, she hired Masry & Vititoe to represent her and was later hired by the firm as a law clerk
• While living in California, she worked as a management trainee at K-Mart and won the Miss Pacific Coast beauty pageant
• Quote: "If you follow your heart, if you listen to your gut and if you extend your hand to help another, not for any agenda, but for the sake of humanity, you are going to find the truth․"
• Quote: "The movie had its positive and its negative effects on my life․ I didn't aspire for this to happen․ All I was doing was what was in my heart to do and that was to extend my hand of friendship, understanding and compassion towards another․"
• Best known as a legal clerk and environmental activist who famously built a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in 1993
• Is the president of Brockovich Research & Consulting, where she works on international environmental projects
• Was the host of the Lifetime series "Final Justice with Erin Brockovich," which celebrated women who had overcome adversity
• A bio-pic based on her life and the case that made her famous was released in 2000, in which she was portrayed by Julia Roberts
• Was voted "Least Likely to Succeed" by her classmates during high school