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Cobell: Taxpayers foot bill for private lawyers
Monday, September 1, 2003
"I haven't been able to pay our legal fees in years. My lead lawyer, Dennis Gingold, has not been paid since October 1998.
Elliott Levitas, a former member of Congress from Georgia who is helping us, never has gotten a check for his fees since joining our legal team in 1999. And Mark Brown, who gave up a successful practice in Southern California to join the case, has not been paid in three years.
As it turns out, a lot of lawyers are getting big legal fees as a result of my lawsuit.
I'm not paying them.
You are."
Get the Story:
Elouise Cobell: Attorneys are getting rich, at your expense
(The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 8/31)
Relevant Documents:
Attorney Fee
Disclosure (July 21, 2003)
Relevant Links:
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton -
http://www.indiantrust.comCobell
v. Norton, Department of Justice -
http://www.usdoj.gov/civil/cases/cobell/index.htmIndian
Trust, Department of Interior -
http://www.doi.gov/indiantrust
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