On January 16, 1998, the same day a $15 Billion settlement was agreed between the State of Texas and the Tobacco companies, five lawyers hired by former Attorney General Dan Morales asked a federal judge to award them 15% of the State™s settlement as legal fees. Six days later, Federal Judge Folsom confirmed the largest settlement in the history of the world “ and awarded the five lawyers $2.3 Billion, then the largest legal fee in the history of the world.