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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - Ignoring objectors who said private lawyers were claiming too much of a $625 million settlement to be paid almost entirely by Michigan taxpayers, a federal judge awarded some $180 million in fees to plaintiff attorneys in the Flint lead pollution litigation.
Attorneys who worked to secure $641.5M settlement for Flint residents asking to be paid Published Lawyers who helped get a settlement for Flint residents are asking for their money. FLINT, Mich. (FOX 2) - The hundreds of attorneys who helped secure a $641.5 million settlement for Flint residents impacted by the water crisis are seeking their cut. "My firm alone put in over 2,000 hours," said Julie Hurwitz, partner at Goodman Hurwitz PC. "Everybody needs to get paid for their work. This is part of our job." Hurwitz said all of the lawyers who helped with the case worked a combined 180,000 ho...