Judge Formally Approves $12.4 Million Legal Fees, Expenses

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

BOSTON, Mass.-The top earning law firm from civil litigation stemming from the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak collected some $4.8 million in fees, according to records filed in U.S. District Court here.
As promised in a court session Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel formally approved the fee requests and expenses Friday.
Half of the approved fees and expenses were paid previously. The remainder will now be paid by the trustee for the so-called common benefits fund.
The payments are going to firms who did work benefiting all victims of a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 76 of 778 patients sickened by contaminated methylprednisolone hydrate.
Those same law firms will also collect fees ranging up to 40 percent of any amount awarded to their individual clients.
The same trustee reported that a total of $136.6 million has been paid thus far to victims of the outbreak.
The top earner Hagens Berman acted as the lead counsel for the Plaintiffs Steering Committee.


                                      FEES              EXPENSES

Hagens Berman         $4,864,672      $169,220   
Ellis & Rapacki         $2,977,612      $125,290
Branstetter Stranch    $2,572,108      $348,474
Janet Jenner               $1,968,038      $107,608
Lief Cabraser             $1,645,564      $349,402
Crandall Law Firm    $1,558,590      $170,922
Miller Law Firm        $1,166,902      $80,736
Orlando Law Firm     $1,046,188      $58,618
Lipton Firm                $957,748         $74,544
Andrews & Thornton $828,902        $86,722
Cohen Placitella         $804,760        $44,572
Leader Bulso              $732,330        $154,038
Colling Gilbert           $233,180        $65,544
Golom & Honik         $203,294            0
Sommers Schwartz    $241,428            0
Saltz Mongelozzi       $213,462         $4,880
Riley Williams           $233,389            0

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