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KENNETH R. FEINBERG, is the Managing Partner and the founder of The Feinberg Group. Mr. Feinberg is an attorney and one of the nation's leading experts in mediation and alternative dispute resolution.
He was appointed by the Attorney General of the United States to serve as the Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. In this capacity, he developed and promulgated the Regulations governing the administration of the Fund and administered all aspects of the program, including evaluating applications, determining appropriate compensation and disseminating awards.
Today, Ken speaks about his experiences as the Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. He authored a remarkable study of his experiences in this unprecedented book entitled: What Is Life Worth?: The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11.
Ken's experience as an attorney and a mediator, having mediated the suit between Vietnam vets and manufacturers of Agent Orange, made him uniquely qualified to handle the delicate task of compensating families victimized by the 9/11 terrorist attack and reducing the prospects for lawsuits against the airlines and the U.S. government. But his experiences did not prepare him for the emotional toll of the unprecedented task. In this personal account, he calls his charge one of the most harrowing yet rewarding experiences of his life. For 32 months, he tried to "fill the hole in a family's life with money," attempting to bring some fairness to settlements for the families of wealthy stockbrokers, middle-class firemen and policemen, and immigrant restaurant workers. What Ken struggled with most was the awesome task of deciding the value of human life, acknowledging his own clumsy insensitivity at the beginning, and gradually learning to deal with grieving families who wanted as much to be heard as to be compensated.
The Feinberg Group, LLP is the foremost law firm in the nation specializing in the negotiated resolution of complex legal disputes. Whether a complex dispute calls for mediation, other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), or a comprehensive negotiation strategy, The Feinberg Group is preeminent in achieving an effective resolution and preventing years of protracted, expensive, and uncertain litigation.
Ken was a member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Human Radiation Experiments from 1994 to 1995; the Presidential Commission on Catastrophic Nuclear Accidents from 1989 to 1990 and the Carnegie Commission Task Force on Science and Technology in Judicial and Regulatory Decision Making from 1989 to 1993. He is currently a member of the National Judicial Panel, Center for Public Resources, and chaired the American Bar Association Special Committee on Mass Torts from 1988 to 1989. He is also an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. He is listed in "Profiles in Power: The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" (National Law Journal, April 4, 1994; June 12, 2000) and was named "Lawyer of the Year" by the National Law Journal (December, 2004). He is the author of numerous articles and essays on mediation, mass torts and other matters.
Roger Clark is the founding member and managing partner of Clark & Goldberg., www.clarkgoldberg.com . In his more than 25 years practicing law, Roger has earned a national reputation as a successful trial attorney representing insurers, cable television providers, and small and large businesses in a broad range of business litigation matters. "My philosophy has always been that the attorneys in this law firm must be prepared not just to 'litigate' a case, but to try it before a judge or jury, while at the same time keeping the client's goals and objectives squarely within our sights." Roger is rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating that can be bestowed upon an attorney.
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