George Conk was quoted in a New York Observer piece about attorney Kenneth Feinberg, an expert in mediation and alternative dispute resolution (and 2011 recipient of the Fordham-Stein Prize).
“It’s certainly a triumph of branding. There’s no doubt about that,” said George Conk, a law professor at Fordham University and an expert on torts law. “He’s a dominant presence.”
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“[Feinberg’s] real innovation may have been realizing that if you want a Resolution, you have to make sure everyone participates in a claims program. This means “you’ve got to offer just about everybody something, including people who have weak claims,” said Mr. Conk, the Fordham University professor. “You can’t pay fraudulent claims, but you can pay weak claims.”