Law Firm Advertises for 9/11 Clients
7th January 2011
Four days after President Obama signed into law the Zadroga bill providing no-cost health care to people who were near ground zero on September 11, 2001, or afterward, a law firm is already advertising for clients. The Web site sept11-zadroga-act.com, maintained by the law firm Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, advises visitors: “The assistance of a lawyer is not required, but it is recommended.” I got to the site via a paid Google text ad.
Federal Election Commission records show that a lawyer at the firm, James P. Kreindler, contributed a total of $4,800 in September of 2010 to the campaign of the senator who championed the September 11 health bill, Kirsten Gillibrand. In the same month, Mr. Kreindler gave $2,400 to the campaign of Senator Harry Reid.
This is one of the reasons I don’t practice law. You have to spend too much of your time washing your hands.