“Barrett Law Office, P.A., Nutt & McAlister, PLLC and Lovelace Law Firm, P.A. are committed to the same level of performance and professional expertise that have to date provided settlements to over 1,300 Katrina clients. We will continue to pursue relief for you and the other clients who have been shortchanged by their insurers.”

Lately, Scruggs has been in the spotlight usually reserved for his opponents. He has been under investigation for criminal contempt charges in Alabama since July, stemming from a complaint that accuses him of illegally obtaining and using confidential material from independent claim adjusters Cori and Kerri Rigsby, and then unethically giving them both litigation consulting jobs that paid them each $150,000.

Most recently — and what seems to have caused the Katrina withdrawal — Scruggs was indicted last week in Mississippi on federal bribery charges (the case is unrelated to the Katrina lawsuits). The indictment accuses Scruggs of trying to bribe 3rd Circuit District Court Judge Henry L. Lackey in order to receive a favorable verdict in a case that determined how $26 million in attorneys' fees would be divided between Scruggs and another attorney. The bribe was for $50,000.

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