Brooklyn Bar hosts webinar on what estate lawyers need to know about the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
The Brooklyn Bar Association’s estate law committee recently held a webinar to educate legal professionals on the evolving requirements of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. The session addressed the rising number of death-related claims occurring as the survivor population ages and continues to suffer from long-term illnesses. This initiative aims to prepare estate lawyers for the complex administrative tasks involved in managing these increasingly frequent cases.
The Brooklyn Bar Association‘s estate law committee acknowledged a solemn fact about the aftereffects of 9/11 during a meeting days after the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks: an increasing number of Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) cases are death cases, as the population of survivors ages and 9/11-related illnesses progress. “We thought it might become...
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