Burt Neuborne
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Burt Neuborne is a nationally renowned civil liberties defender. Professor Neuborne has acted as lead counsel in the recent Holocaust Litigation against the Swiss Banks. A former National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, he is currently on the faculty of New York University School of Law and Legal Director of the Brennan Center for Justice. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School from where he received an LL.B in 1964.
According to "The Jewish Chronicle", 19/05/2006; "Neuborne has applied for $4.1 million in fees - charging $700 an hour - for work he did in applying a complex $1.2 billion legal settlement against the Swiss banks. Some Holocaust survivor organisations in the US have filed an objection to Professor Neuborne's claim, suggesting that he had announced that he was ready to work pro bono (free). Leo Rechter, of the National Association of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors, called the fees claim "a mockery" and "tragicomic." While Professor Neuborne promised to work on the case for free - he did request and give notice of his intent to be paid for his work on administering the settlement, a task that took nearly a decade. Based on this, Professor Neuborne told the JC that the criticism was "absolutely unwarranted."[1]
Professor Neuborne has been acquitted by professional review boards and judges involved in the case itself. According to Professor Neuborne's it's all "a big misunderstanding."[2]
[edit] External links
- ^ "Shocking Revelation in the London Jewish Chronicle," Norman Finkelstein, http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=3&ar=64.
- ^ Burt Neuborne, Class Discussion, "Procedure," Fall 2006, NYU School of Law (L09.2001.003.FA06).
- NYU School of Law Faculty Profile
- "Creative Counsel", NYU School of Law magazine, Autumn 2004. (PDF)
- Getting His Due. For forcing Swiss banks to repay their debts to Holocaust survivors, NYU law professor Burt Neuborne was hailed as a hero. Then he submitted his bill: $4,760,000 by Joel Siegel, October 9, 2006, New York Magazine
