In the matter of a $2,000,000 lawsuit over a contingency fee, simmons, jannace & stagg was asked by a widow of a man who died in the attacks to represent her in connection with the lawsuit filed in federal court by the attorney who represented her before the Victims Compensation Fund.
Moving for the dismissal of the federal action, Simmons, Jannace & Stagg argued that the Victims Compensation Fund did not provide federal jurisdiction for an action by an attorney seeking to protect his fee.
The federal court, after hearing argument, issued an order and agreed that the Victims Compensation Fund did not provide federal court jurisdiction.
It is widely believed that this is the first federal court decision holding that attorneys’ fee disputes arising out of the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund should be litigated in the state courts.
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