Amul Thapar Quotes
A defendant can use discovery to run out the clock on the plaintiff and to make the plaintiff run out of money.
United States, Congress, Senate, Committee on the Judiciary. Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Hon. Amul R. Thapar to be Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. Government Publishing Office, 2017, p. 156.
When anyone sued Reynolds for the adverse consequences, the company never settled. Few had the financial resources and legal support to sustain their lawsuit in the face of this tactic.
Amul Roger Thapar is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Thapar was the first South Asian federal judge in American history. He was also President Trump's first Court of Appeals appointment and Trump's second judicial appointment after Justice Neil Gorsuch. Thapar is frequently discussed as a candidate for the Supreme Court of the United States.