Clarence Darrow’s Labor Fees

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 19, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 50.

Clarence Darrow’s Labor Fees

Mr. Clarence Darrow says, as reported in the San Francisco Examiner of December 6, "I have for many years given my time and best ability and my life to the cause of labor and the poor." In an adjoining column Frank B. Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, is cited regarding Darrow's fees as follows: "What was the amount of the fee received by Clarence Darrow?" Morrison was asked. After hesitating over the reply, Morrison said the retainer was $50,000, with an additional fee for every day spent in court by Darrow. From other reliable sources it was learned that Darrow's agreement with the labor leaders when he accepted the case was that his total fee should not be less than $100,000."