WHEN: Friday, Oct. 17, noon
WHERE: Auditorium, Ross McCollum Hall (College of Law), East Campus Loop & Fair Street
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 9, 2003 -- Kenneth R. Feinberg, special master of the federal Sept. 11 Victims Compensation Fund, will discuss the fund in an Oct. 17 lecture at the University of Nebraska College of Law.
The lecture will begin at noon in the auditorium of Ross McCollum Hall, East Campus Loop and Fair Street. It is free and open to the public.
Feinberg was appointed special master of the fund by Attorney General John Ashcroft. In that capacity, he developed and promulgated the regulations governing the administration of the fund and is presently administering all aspects of the program, including evaluating applications, determining appropriate compensation and disseminating awards.
One of the nation's leading experts in mediation and alternative dispute resolution, Feinberg has taught at Georgetown University Law Center, University of Pennsylvania Law School, New York University School of Law, the University of Virginia Law School and Columbia Law School. He has also served as special master in such cases as Agent Orange, asbestos personal injury litigation and Dalkon Shield. He was also one of three arbitrators selected to determine the fair market value of the original Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination and was one of two arbitrators selected to determine the allocation of legal fees in the Holocaust slave labor litigation.
CONTACT: Susan Poser, Asst. Professor, Law, (402) 472-8374
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