On May 19, 2012 I was at the Allianz Arena in Munich Germany to witness the final of the UEFA Champions League between Bayern Munich of Germany and Chelsea FC of London (my team). Bayern scored 7 minutes before the end, Chelsea equalized 5 minutes later and Bayern missed a penalty in overtime before an extraordinary penalty shootout took place. After having its first penalty saved, Chelsea won the penalty shootout when the normally reliable Germany international Bastian Schweinsteiger hit the post and Didier Drogba, who had earlier scored Chelsea's equalizer, scored the winning penalty with his last kick for Chelsea. I've personally witnessed Didier Drogba score some extraordinary goals, but what he did after the game was even more extraordinary. Didier Drogba , the human being, took time out of the celebration, to give his opponent Bastian Schweinsteiger, another human being, a hug to console him at a very difficult moment.
Dick Risk could learn a bit of humility from Didier Drogba.
Trying to drum up more business, Florida attorney Risk, a disgruntled former structured settlement broker, shuttles from conjecture to innuendo in not letting go of taking credit for Hartford Life Insurance Company's withdrawal from the structured settlement marketplace (Risk's credibilty concerning this alleged fact has been under challenge for almost 2 years)
Has Risk has now made an admission by revising some his promotional material to say "Perhaps by coincidence, this class action lawsuit (still says "his" on Risk Law Firm website) was followed by the insurer’s exit from the structured settlement annuity marketplace" ?
Dick Risk earned a couple of million dollars in legal fees from the settlement of the class action lawsuit against The Hartford for his role in a multi-year fight against alleged bad business practices. Fair enough.
In my opinion, Dick Risk's original and revised statements seem the musings of an attorney proudly patting himself on the back for a so-called achievement that, if causation were actually true, might have cost people their jobs in a tough economy—all for his own personal bragging rights.
In a striking comparison, none of Dick Risk's highly competent co-counsel in the Spencer v. Hartford lawsuit appear to share Dick Risk's "gravitas."
See Credit Check For Attorney Dick Risk" August 23, 2011 and
Dick Risk Takes Credit For Hartford Life Withdrawal From Structured Settlement Market December 18, 2010
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