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Attorney fees are typically (but not always) one-third, when working on contingency. Then they deduct "expenses" for working on the case (court filing fees, travel expenses, and so on). The 22 women would split whatever was left.

So, roughly, 4.5MM goes to the attorneys. That leaves 8.2MM split 22 ways.

The woman will likely get somewhere around $375,000 each.



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