Kenneth Feinberg

Kenneth R. Feinberg is one of the nation’s leading experts in alternative dispute resolution, having served as special master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, and the Department of the Treasury’s TARP Executive Compensation and Multiemployer Pension Reform Act programs. He was also special settlement master of the Agent Orange Victim Compensation Program. In 2010, Mr. Feinberg was appointed by the Obama Administration to oversee compensation of victims of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Recently, he has served as administrator of the New York Archdiocese’s Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program; the OneOrlando Fund; the GM Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution program; and the One Fund Boston compensation program arising out of the Boston Marathon bombings. He is currently the court-appointed settlement master in the Fiat/Chrysler diesel emissions class action litigation in San Francisco. Mr. Feinberg has been appointed mediator or arbitrator in thousands of complex disputes over the past 35 years.

Bio last updated in June 2021.