SIDEBAR: Follow the money: Important figures in Kent State’s fight against the Kesterson lawsuit

  • $605,000: How much KSU has budgeted for legal representation in the Lauren Kesterson lawsuit.

  • $325,000: How much KSU has budgeted for the suit this fiscal year (since July 2017).

  • $170,488.83: How much KSU has paid its law firm, Amer Cunningham, to defend it in the suit.

$175: The hourly rate that KSU is paying Amer Cunningham.