It was an assignment Kenneth Feinberg actively sought, knowing that it would prove challenging. But he did not anticipate how consuming it would be.
The job was special master of The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, the program created by federal legislation to compensate victims, and families of victims, injured or killed in the terrorist attacks — provided they relinquished their right to sue. The challenges for Feinberg during his 33 months of toil, which he elected to perform entirely pro bono, were monumental.
