The Lawyer Suing the Vatican

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/04/lawyer-jeffrey-anderson-sex-abuse-catholic-church-new-york-times

The New York Times today has an article that is a welcome corrective to some of the coverage of the Catholic sex abuse scandal that drew criticism from Bill McGurn in the Wall Street Journal. It's a profile of the trial lawyer, Jeffrey Anderson, who is driving a lot of the press coverage:

he insists that the cases, which number more than a thousand (he says he has not counted), have never been about the money.

Yet in 2002, he estimated that he had at that point won more than $60 million in settlements from Catholic dioceses, and he acknowledges that in the most complicated cases, he may receive as much as 40 percent of a settlement or judgment.

Mr. Anderson drives a Lexus, leads his small firm from a former bank building replete with chandeliers, dark leather and marble, and co-owns with his wife a Victorian inn that promises "the ultimate experience in luxury, privacy and romance."

It's so rare to see the Times's bias against the rich creep into an article about a plaintiff's lawyer who is one of the newspaper's own sources that it's almost worth celebrating.

by Ira Stoll  |  Apr 28, 2010 at 9:57 am Related Topics:  Definition of 'Rich', Press, Religion receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list