The creators of Erin Brockovich showed their protagonist, the tough-talking legal secretary, out of the office and in the world.

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And if it is true that the part earns the award at least as much as the player, Erin Brockovich was a part to die for.

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Of all the picks, Avello feels most strongly about Roberts, who has also won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award for her "Erin Brockovich" performance.

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Medicine and law have far fewer examples of top practitioners succeeding without professional training despite the popularity of some alternative healers and upstart legal heroes such as Erin Brockovich.

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He says she reminds him of Erin Brockovich the woman Julia Roberts played in the hit movie of the same name, after she exposed a corporation that was poisoning people.

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In March 2003 Tinseltown darling Erin Brockovich filed a mass toxic tort claiming that drilling on the field had created air contaminants that caused a cancer cluster among students, teachers and residents.

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Nachman Brautbar of Los Angeles has worked on everything from breast implants and welding fumes to the chromium contamination in the Erin Brockovich case (his Web site features a testimonial from the film's namesake).

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