Lawyers seek to double fees in Indian claims case

Lawyers seek to double fees in Indian claims case

MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Lawyers representing Native Americans helped win a record $3.4 billion settlement with the federal government.

Now they want a judge to double their fees.

Instead of being paid up to $99.9 million, as initially agreed, attorney Dennis Gingold says he other lawyers deserve at least $224 million for their work on the case since 1996.

He and other lawyers "have achieved a stunning landmark victory in this case," Gingold wrote in a 25-page motion filed Jan. 25 in federal court in Washington. "No lawy...