One lawyer received $250,000 from 10 cases he had been assigned by a single judge.

Under their agreement with the state, the lawyers would receive 15 percent of the settlement, or some $2.18 billion.

Their lawyers would have received a fee of $2.75 million.

Many lawyers also received bonuses of about $10,000 last year.

He said lawyers for the agency had not yet received notice of the suit.

The letter should state that the lawyer has received the money and why he or she is holding it.

That is about 33 percent higher than the average for the nation where lawyers received $12 of every $100 in premiums.

After a month, her lawyer still hadn't received the contract.

The judgment was presented on 11 April 2000, although the lawyers received the decision 24 hours earlier.

Under the court program those lawyers receive a maximum of $75 an hour.