r/BSA_Survivors

A second distribution hit my account early yesterday evening, 5/20, 4 business days after I signed the release. I hope the same happens for my fellow survivors real soon.

Been hering three days i hope i receive it any second now....ILL SEE!!!!

This is so sad to read all these post on payment issues, attorneys not communicating, attorneys keeping money or charging fees that are downright unethical!! In one sense its assuring im not enduring this alone on another sense it boils me blood that they are getting away with this and in all reality there's nothing we can do about it? Yes write the states bar, or yaddayada but there must be a saving grace out there somewhere? Please if your reading this we the survivors of the boy Scout abuse debauchery need your help!!! Please dont be afraid to stand up and help 1000s of victims who deserve at the very least some justice, yes payment would be great, but at the end of the day we are tired of being revictimized all over again. Thabk you

I’m in the process of firing them and was wondering is there a way to keep tabs on future things that need to be done or how can we get updates for future payments and whatever stuff the law firm did. Basically everything we’re supposed to do like is their a channel from the trust or?

I am a California resident and a BSA survivor. My case is in the payout phase, and like many of you, I’ve been dealing with intense frustration over the final settlement math and firm fee percentages. Because my firm was fighting me over a 36% fee vs a 30% negotiation, I decided to run a background audit on my own legal team. Even have that september 2024 letter from slater and slater , stating that they will do a ten percent decrease for the irregularity that they found.

Check your paperwork numbers bar licenses, guys. Slater Slater Schulman fought me on a 36% fee vs 30% negotiation, so I audited their credentials. Turned out my Primary Attorney and Adam Slater himself aren't even licensed in the state of California where I live. The CA State Bar is officially investigating them for UPL under Reference # 269212. Don't sign anything blindly The moment I pushed back and pointed out what I found, they stopped emailing me back completely and are now withholding my payment. And by the way , I have a 900k allowed amount.

Welp I notified my law firm Krause and Kinsman. Submitted the maroon form. All this done today so now I just wait. Now my question is I received my 2nd distribution payment. They received both of theirs as well. I won’t owe them anything right? They got paid twice. Trying to figure out if I’ll be in the clear. Thanks in advance. I’m nervous but I made the jump. I waited until my $ hit of course. Got paid today. Firing them today!!

For all of you awaiting payment!! Hang in there it took a full seven days but I just received my payment a few minutes ago.

Guess milestone is waiting until the exact 10th business day to send my direct deposit. Why did they change from archer? The 1st 1 I got paid the 3rd business day. Literally 5th business day and no $. Milestone blows.

I am option A will I receive the remaining 1.7% from my attorney?

*sigh*

However, Allianz filed an appeal with the Illinois State Court of Appeals on 5/15/2026 after the Illinois court dismissed their original lawsuit on 5/9/2026. Does the 5th Circuit denial stop this state appeal, not directly but it weighs heavily against them after the state court said Texas is the proper venue. All roads are pointing to Texas. But the longer this charade goes on, the more the Trust burns through cash instead of it going to survivors. Still a step in the right direction...

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The 3 insurance carriers that settled are not excess insurance carriers. Those funds will go to the general trust fund not the excess award fund (EAF). These are small carriers so there probably won't be a huge jump in the distribution percentage. But every penny helps!

Projected amount % = maybe 10%minus 40% lawyers fees.

So $100,000.00 = $10,000.00 - 40% = $6,000.00 minus medical liens and fees for processing them?? Who is actually getting justice here?

I was given my award letter a few weeks ago, the payment is in the release process on the trust website. I’m with SSS…. My amount was $711,248…. I haven’t seen any distributions yet, and I’m absolutely drowning and dying financially right now. Does anyone have any insight to when I may see the 4.7% and does anyone also have any idea a realistic amount I may see in total from this? I almost took the 3,850 payment years ago, and god I’m so grateful I didn’t. I knew my claim was air tight, photos, plenty of proofs, and the abuse was bad. the amount doesn’t compensate what was done to me or anyone for that matter… I digress.. anyone willing to give me some insight and maybe some hope, greatly appreciated guys, I also am not sharing this to boast, I just want some truth, and I’ve felt like I’m getting dragged through the mud here, all I know is I will never see the full amount. Maybe 30 cents on the dollar if I’m lucky from my understanding and it will take years to pay that out.

So Ask LLP dropped the ball on multiple occasions — all well documented through emails that either went unanswered or failed to address specific bullet points I raised repeatedly. On top of that, they delayed submitting my final Option C form for well over a month before I terminated them.

Now they're attempting to place a 40% lien on my judgment, plus an additional $5K hold for potential future legal costs, which, at this rate, feels inevitable.

My last conversation with David Stein ended with me offering 25% to proceed with them; Given the delays and missed action items. He came back at 33%, at which point I ended the call and formally terminated with the trust under Title 13.

For anyone who has terminated representation in the past 2–3 months, how are you handling this? And which Bar Association did you file your formal complaint with?

After 5+ years of decent communication, the last 6 months have been a completely different experience. Hard not to notice the shift now that they've collected their $1.3B from the class.

*EDIT: Please share freely — the more visibility this gets, the better.

That said, I want to be clear: I'm not saying they deserve nothing. But 40% plus an additional $5K is not justified given how they handled the most critical stage of this entire case.

Personally, I'm not doing this for the money. At this point I just want it resolved and this chapter closed for good. But on principle — when a vendor fails to meet the basic expectations of an agreement — I will fight this all the way and spend every cent of the recovery doing it if that's what it takes.

This isn't about a payout to me. It's purely about accountability.

Really, medical leins are processed -Fees added for doing a job they are already getting paid for? Fees for what they are telling us we should do. Plus lawyer fees, etc, ecy. What will be left over for us when we finally get whatever is left?

Email from my attorney….

I figured that it was easier for me to email this rather than texting.  If you had selected Option A on the Liens Election Form, there would have been a temporary holdback of approximately 1.7% of the Allowed Claim Amount.  Selecting Option C results in a holdback equal to 35% of the 4.7% distribution as we investigate potential obligations with Medicare and AL Medicaid. I anticipate receiving entitlement responses from both agencies by the end of June and can reassess the hold back value (if applicable) at that time.

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I chose option C and my firm had me sign an indemnification agreement releasing them from responsibility for lien searches and I accepted all responsibility because I HAVE NEVER TOLD A SOUL about what happened to me.

I’ve never had Medicare or Medicaid I’m 49 yrs old not 65 this can’t be legal especially after they made me sign that indemnification agreement right ?

Any help is appreciated Thank you.

Like many people I selected Option C, I was actually encouraged by my law firm to do so. Originally their was a lien search and no liens were found, got paid by Archer, took a long time but it happened.

Why now, on this distribution, is my portal showing paid yet my lawyer is STILL holding back 2/3 of my dispersment while they complete ANOTHER lien search through Zipliens? Milestone is supposedly sending my portion if the money and holding the other at the direction of my law firm.

It makes no sense. I NEVER went through counseling or was examined by a Doctor as an 11 year old. I never seeked any kind of medical or psychological examination for the abuse. I have ZERO liens.

I kept it buried. I was very reluctant to even believe a part of this lawsuit because of the pain it has caused. I even contacted the lawyers at one point saying that I was considering pulling out because it was dredging up too many negative memories. But the lead Lawyer on the case called me directly and talked me into it, saying I should continue and I was due condensation for their crimes.

So here I am and I feel like I am being perked around. Option C was supposed to be the choice that was the least complicated and holding back any type of money while a lien search was being done was NEVER discussed or even hinted at.

I'm tired of expecting something that continues to be reduced and held and so on. I was even told that this money would be TAX FREE but yet again, I found out it IS taxable.

This had been such a cluster F. I just wan't a resolution. I want clear communications and expectations set.