Mediator and Arbitrator, Kenneth Feinberg is Keynote Speaker at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kenneth R. Feinberg of
The Feinberg Group, LLP will be the speaker at the Annual Luncheon at the
Association of American Law Schools' Meeting in Washington, DC. The
luncheon will be held on Thursday, January 4, 2007, from 12:30-2:00 p.m.
and is part of a week-long conference drawing over 3,500 law faculty who
will focus on issues central to law faculty in their roles as law teachers,
scholars and citizens.
    Opportunities continue to flourish for law professors and law school
administrators to make valuable contributions in the public interest.
Kenneth Feinberg will discuss his own personal "revolving door" involving
law school teaching and his role as Special Master and mediator in
high-visibility public interest cases such as the 9/11 Victim Compensation
Fund.
    Mr. Feinberg was appointed by the Attorney General of the United States
to serve as the Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim
Compensation Fund of 2001. In this capacity, he developed and promulgated
the regulations governing the administration of the Fund and administered
all aspects of the program, including evaluating applications, determining
appropriate compensation and disseminating awards.
    Mr. Feinberg is an attorney and one of the nation's leading experts in
mediation and alternative dispute resolution. He is the managing partner
and founder of The Feinberg Group, LLP. Mr. Feinberg has been
Court-Appointed Special Settlement Master, mediator and arbitrator in
thousands of disputes involving such issues as mass torts, breach of
contract, antitrust and civil RICO violations, civil fraud, product
liability, insurance coverage, and various commercial and environmental
matters.
    The entire AALS 2007 Annual Meeting program can be found on the
Association's Web site at http://www.aals.org/am2007/index.html. Members of
the press are invited to attend free of charge. Those interested in
attending are asked to notify Deborah Quick from January 2-6, 2007 at (202)
745-2116. Press also may register on-site at the AALS office located in the
Carolina Room on the Lobby Level of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
beginning Tuesday evening, January 2, 2007, and continuing through
Saturday, January 6, 2007.
    Contact:  Elizabeth Hayes Patterson
              (202) 296-5184
              (202) 745-2116 (January 3-6, 2007)
              http://www.aals.org