Included in the steering committee is a four-person group that will coordinate plaintiffs’ activities, Reuters reports. They are Louisiana-based lawyers Jim Roy and Steve Herman, Scott Summy of Texas-based Barron & Budd, and Brian Barr of Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, which is based in Pensacola, Florida.
Reuters notes in its report that several high-profile attorneys were left off the committee by Judge Carl Barbier.
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They include David Boies, who represented Al Gore before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case that decided the disputed 2000 presidential election; Texas attorney Mark Lanier and Joseph Rice of Motley Rice.
According to the report, more than 100 attorneys applied for the steering committee and those selected will be eligible for a bigger piece of any settlement awarded.
