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<p> Kirkus Reviews An insider's account of how compensation decisions are made after major disasters...An opportunity to get to know a man whose work has affected thousands.

<p> Kirkus Reviews <br> An insider's account of how compensation decisions are made after major disasters...An opportunity to get to know a man whose work has affected thousands. Newsweek Daily Beast When bad things happen and damages are due, it has frequently fallen on Washington lawyer Kenneth Feinberg to decide how much cash goes to whom--thus his unlikely career as America's King Solomon. Washington Post A clearly written and emotionally contained new book <br><br> Washington Post <br> In Who Gets What, lawyer and master of disaster Kenneth R. Feinberg dissects the complicated business of settling claims after calamity... A glance at recent headlines may indicate a long shelf life for Feinberg's book -- who will compensate the victims of Jerry Sandusky? Who Gets What indeed.

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Kenneth R. Feinberg, one of the nation's leading lawyers, has been front and centre in some of the most complex legal disputes of the past three decades: Agent Orange, asbestos, the closing of the Shoreham Nuclear Plant, and 9/11. He is adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, and the University of Virginia.

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