Small Law Firms Reap $16 Million in United Airlines Case
The $44 million payday coming next week for some United Airlines pilots from the settlement of a pension dispute will include a $16.4 million payout for their Illinois lawyers. Myron M. Cherry & Associates of Chicago will get the lion's share of the payment, raking in $9.8 million as class counsel. St. Louis-based Korein Tillery will take home $6.6 million. The case may represent the biggest award ever in a fair representation case, in which unions are sued over their responsibility to fairly represent their members.
