Simmons, Jannace & Stagg is a lawfirm that is really out for the common good and it is just so refreshing that there are people still like this in the law fields - it should be like this everywhere...actually this just shouldn't happen.
They were asked by a widow to represent her because an attorney she had had for the Victims Compensation Fund charged her $2,000,000 for a contingency fee!! What a jerk!! The jerk filed a suit in a federal court stating a declaratory judgement that entitled him to that fee. And Simmons, Jannace and Stagg argued to dismiss the federal action. They argued that the Victims Compensation Fund didn’t give the federal jurisdiction for any action by any attorney seeding to protect HIS fee. They also noted that there was no reported case such as an exorbitant fee for representation before this Victims Compensation Fund. The size of the fee is obviously ridiculous - trying to take someone elses money for their lost one - absolutely sick! The federal court agreed thank goodness.