Robert Dorigo Jones
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Robert B. Dorigo Jones (born July 27, 1963 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is the author of Remove Child Before Folding, The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever, and president of the non-partisan legal reform group, Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch [1]. Remove Child Before Folding will be published in January, 2007 by Warner Books, Inc.
As president of Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch (also known as M-LAW), and as a consultant to several national legal reform groups, Dorigo Jones has campaigned to increase public awareness of the high cost litigation has imposed on families, job providers and community groups in the United States.
In 1985, Dorigo Jones graduated from James Madison College at Michigan State University and went to work as a speechwriter for Wayne County Executive and future Michigan gubernatorial candidate, William Lucas. Following that, Dorigo Jones worked on the staff of the Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, Paul Hillegonds.
In 1997, Dorigo Jones became president of M-LAW and launched M-LAW’s annual Wacky Warning Label Contest. Since 1998, results of the Wacky Warning Label Contest have been reported in media outlets around the world. In 2003, Dorigo Jones created www.wackywarnings.com [2], a popular website that has received several million hits since its inception.
A report on M-LAW’s wacky warning labels by ABC television’s news magazine, 20/20, was filmed in the World Trade Center in August, 2001 and is believed to be the last story filmed for national broadcast in the World Trade Center before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
