Jackson Jambalaya

KF, until some of his own start carrying torches in the streets and asking questions about these guys he's sending this work to, no one in Jackson will give a damn. This jive turkey is spreading the wealth and paying the players who will eventually get him on the national progressive/liberal scene. He's just paying his dues with Jackson's money and no one will get in his face and call him out on it.

So there is already an admission of guilt, how much work would these attorneys have to do? Why not pay hourly at this point.

Mayor Progressive is bankrolling money that is laundered through legal fees for his future campaigns.

There is nothing special about the law firm the mayor wants to hire. There is plenty of local legal talent who could handle the litigation efficiently and expertly. There's something fishy about Birmingham connections with the mayor.

Sue them and they go bankrupt. Sue them and win, you get 10 cents on the dollar for their assets and a claim against their pollution insurer.

I feel really lucky that this is the biggest problem facing Jackson. I sadly know that one of the accused parties is basically without any money or the prospect of getting any.

Other then Winston Thompsons and Lumumba pocket, what will the City of Jackson benefit. I noticed that Angelique Lee falls right in place with supporting Lumumba.

Like Patton pissed in the Rhine (he shouldn’t have and he changed his mind after meeting the people he was sent to “save”) I will piss directly into the Pearl, from the banks at LeFleurs Bluff

25% of the net recovery, which is stated to be the gross collections less advanced expenses. So these lawyers have a running clock at $705 and $400 per hour, and will claim additional expenses for travel, filing and other costs from any initial recovery, and they also get 25% of any that is remaining. Fair chances the attorneys choose to sub it out.

The city will pay more for the up-front expenses than on the net recovery. Jacksonians, hold onto your butts.

Recycling the Playahs...Key up the scissors scene at the Grammys.

chucway will love suing a business called rebel.

Whatever it takes to rid the planet of Gold Coast Commodities, I am in favor of. Good riddance.

I hope these storms today don't sink another Viking sport fisher.

Prosecuting an environmental case like this one is extremely expensive. The lawyers maligned on here pay 100 percent of the expenses and obtain no fee or reimbursement of their expenses unless they recover. Extensive environmental testing will be required, which will cost well in to six figures, probably more like $500,000. A well healed plaintiffs firm can go broke in one of these cases. Remember the John Travolta movie about the true story of the Boston plaintiffs firm that went broke in one of these cases?

Also, John Hawkins, an outstanding plaintiffs attorney who lives and works in Jackson, made the presentation to the City Council. I’ve had John against me and with me in cases. He had no role in the Siemens case, which, by the way, had a fantastic outcome for the City- $90 million settlement.

Kudos to Kingfish for publicizing these wrongs done to our City and kudos to Mayor Lumumba and the City Council for deciding to sue the wrongdoers.

Seriously, why don't they at least use a Mississippi law firm for these lucrative lawsuits?

Yes, I'm sure it is expensive.

However, there are good environmental lawyers in Jackson or the burbs who can handle a case such as this one and do it all the time. Brandon had no problem finding such a lawyer. Canton and Madison WA are going at it in court yet they didn't have to run out of state for their lawyers.

I'm assuming all lawyers hired are competent although one has yet to adequately explain why a criminal defense lawyer should be hired other than to be the black piggyback pass through.

Hawkins has a good reputation but he is not an environmental lawyer.

Where I disagree with you, KF, is not that Jackson does not have excellent environmental lawyers; it does. John Milner (mentioned by you earlier) and some of his partners are outstanding. The problem is that they defend cases for hourly rates. Their business model (high overhead and a deep bench) does not lend itself to paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses up front and betting on a possible contingency fee years from now. I have never known Brunini to handle such a case. This fact limits your choices in this area, except for excellent plaintiffs attorneys like John Hawkins.

The only thing I know about the Birmingham firm and Mr. Thompson is that they obtained a $90,000,000 settlement for Jackson, which is an extraordinary feat. I can definitely see why the City wanted to go with a similar legal team in this case.

@ 9:58 while I don't 100% disagree with your statement, the $90,000,000 Siemens settlement was cut and dry. A first year law student could have won that case.

Funny how Brandon hired Keith Turner and is doing just fine in its lawsuit.