Original sentence: "  The magazine listed Ciresi's personal annual income at $14.4 million in 2000.The fees were funded directly by tobacco companies.The fees were to be paid over two years, in contrast to the 25-year annual payment scheme used to pay the plaintiffs of the case, the State of Minnesota
Edited sentence: "  The magazine listed Mike Ciresi's personal annual income at $14.4 million in 2000.By the end of 1998 Ciresi, too, had risen to the top of his profession.However, there was also a great deal of attention paid to the high fees collected, and whether they were justified.Limiting attorney fees became soon became a political issue, partly in response to Ciresi's activities in the 1990s, and other so-called "tobacco lawyers.Published reports and editorials praised Ciresi for exposing Big Tobacco's misdeeds.The fees were funded directly by tobacco companies, not negotiated with the plaintiff.The fees were to be paid over 2 years, in contrast to the 25-year annual payment scheme used to pay the plaintiffs of the case, the State of Minnesota