When bombs explode, when ships are sunk, when planes are hijacked, when automatic weapons are emptied on innocents, the losses can be too much to comprehend, and the quest for any justice can seem futile. There may be no more complex challenge for a law firm than trying to secure a real measure of justice to families, businesses, and governments after a terrorist attack. There are no simple ways to sue terrorists or those that fed their hatred.

But Marc C. Lenahan is the Chair of the Injury and Terrorism Group of the World Law Alliance. He was born in Germany; raised in D.C.; graduated from high school in Panama while working for the Panama Canal Commission; earned his college and law school degrees in Texas; trained with the USMC in Quantico, and with Bellingcat in London; and has represented clients from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

And while victimized individuals, businesses, and governments are trying to catch their breath, the assets and insurance proceeds that they assume will be there to collect when they are ready, are already being depleted by powerful entities even before the first tears have dried.

But, even for losses sustained by businesses and governments, the Lenahan Law Firm never asks our clients to write us a check, ever. We fight these fights on a contingency basis, which means we only keep a percentage of what we recover for you, when he can, plus the reimbursement of our expenses. And if we can’t, you do not repay us any of what we invested. You don’t get a bill from us, you only get our apologies for not finding a way to collect for you.