Governments’ Hiring of Contingent Fee Attorneys Contrary to Public Interest

By Victor E. Schwartz, chairman of the law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s Washington, D.C.-based Public Policy Group; Kevin Underhill, a partner in Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s San Francisco office; Cary Silverman, an attorney in the firm’s Public Policy Group; and Christopher E. Appel, an attorney in the firm’s Public Policy group.