~`_ The Spirit of the Eagle speaks into the soul _'~

After September 11, 2001, the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund was created for those who lost loved ones in the attack. The Fund is a no-fault system designed to maximize compensation to the families of victims, which means that any fee a lawyer would get for winning a case based on the sum of judgment no longer applied. The lawyers would only get a standard fee. A widow of a man who died in the attacks was being railroaded by the lawyer she had represent her in front of the board for the Victims Compensation Fund. The attorney that the widow had contracted thereafter asked for $2,000,000 as a contingency fee! The attorney had the nerve to file suit in federal court for this fee. simmons, jannace & stagg stood on the behalf of the grieving widow and moved to dismiss the federal action, based on the fact that the contingency fees were disfavored. They won. Thank goodness someone was looking out for that widow.