Contingency Fees: Should Plaintiffs Lawyers in the Tobacco Settlement Receive Billions of Dollars?

Authors

• Charles Silver, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
• Lester Brickman, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawFollow

Publication Date

9-1997

Journal

ABA Journal

Abstract

The article debates the fairness of contingency fees for plaintiff lawyers in the $368.5 billion tobacco settlement, with one side arguing the fees are justified due to the high risks and successful outcome, while the other advocates for congressional intervention to set a uniform, sliding-scale fee structure.

Volume

83

Issue

9

First Page

74

Last Page

75

Publisher

American Bar Association

Disciplines

Food and Drug Law | Law | Legal Profession

Recommended Citation

Charles Silver & Lester Brickman, Contingency Fees: Should Plaintiffs Lawyers in the Tobacco Settlement Receive Billions of Dollars?, 83 A.B.A. J. 74 (1997).
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/faculty-articles/1416