The Price of Death - Compensating Victims
An interview with Kenneth Feinberg
CLE Credit — Approved in 4 States
When national tragedies occur, the path to recovery can be a long one for victims. Victim compensation funds and mass tort resolution programs have developed in recent years to streamline and expedite compensation. Kenneth Feinberg discusses some of the biggest funds, including the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, and the mechanics and challenges of administering those programs.
About Kenneth Feinberg
“If you can't aggregate mass claims to resolve them in an efficient, timely manner, justice delayed is justice denied.”
Kenneth R. Feinberg of Feinberg Rozen is one of the nation’s leading experts in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. He has been appointed to administer numerous high-profile compensation programs, having served as special master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, TARP Executive Compensation, and the Agent Orange Victim Compensation Program. Feinberg was appointed by the President Barack Obama administration to serve as administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility to compensate victims of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. He also served as administrator of the Aurora Victim Relief Fund following the Aurora, Colorado, shootings in 2012 as well as administrator of the Virginia Tech Hokey Spirit Memorial Fund in 2007. He served as administrator of the One Fund Boston Victim Relief Fund, established to benefit the victims of the Boston Marathon attacks of April 15, 2013.
