Smiley Law helps World Trade Center victims

Smiley & Smiley, LLP is very proud to inform you that we volunteered our services to help victims and the families of victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. We have been working with Trial Lawyers Care, a non-profit organization that was created for the sole purpose of helping victims of the World Trade Center.

In the months following the attacks, Congress passed legislation that created the Victim Compensation Fund from which eligible applicants can receive money as a result of this terrible tragedy. Smiley & Smiley, LLP has been representing several families, on a no-fee-basis, in their application to the Fund in order to obtain the maximum recovery. We are very pleased to announce the following results:

An award of $8.6 MILLION, the largest award paid by the fund in all cases, to "Jane Doe#1," the first victim of the World Trade center attacks to be admitted to the hospital and the last to be discharged over 14 months later. Jane Doe suffered horrific injuries when the landing gear of one of the planes came thundering down upon her, crushing her legs and feet and severing her buttocks.

This award came eight months after partner Guy I. Smiley appeared on national television to champion our client's case during a one-hour Dateline NBC feature, to an audience of 13 million viewers, of Jane Doe's heroic course towards recovery. We are extremely proud to have achieved the largest award granted by the fund on behalf of our client.

An award of $871,711.20 was obtained on behalf of the family of a single 26-year-old man who was attending a conference on the 106^th floor in the North Tower at the time of the attacks. The deceased, a graduate of Princeton University, was an Assistant Vice President for a major financial institution. The award was calculated after an analysis of the decedent’s salary history, education and work life-expectancy minus any money the family received from life insurance or other collateral sources.

An award of $1,035,613.92 was obtained on behalf of the family of a single 42-year-old woman who was a Vice President for a major securities company. The deceased was a graduate of the University of Arizona and was known to volunteer her time to help those in need.

The dedicated lawyers and staff of Smiley & Smiley, LLP have worked diligently in order to bring some small measure of comfort to families who have experienced a loss that cannot be adequately described in words. We take great pride in this endeavor and have found it be one of the most rewarding experiences both professionally and personally.

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