HARRISBURG — Penn State plans to bring in the man who ran the Sept. 11 victim fund and other major compensation programs to help it settle claims by Jerry Sandusky’s child molestation victims, a plaintiffs’ lawyer said today.

St. Paul, Minn., attorney Jeff Anderson said a lawyer for the university notified him in recent days that the school will be aided by lawyer Ken Feinberg.

Feinberg and university spokesman Dave La Torre both declined to comment.

Lawyers for Sandusky’s victims and other potential claimants had complained recently that the school had not followed up on its pledge to settle the civil claims quickly and fairly. Attorneys said this month that they had very limited contact with the university and, if that continued, more lawsuits were expected.

Philadelphia lawyer Joel Feller, part of a team that represents four of the 10 victims in Sandusky’s criminal case, as well as Sandusky’s adopted son Matt Sandusky and other claimants, confirmed he also was contacted by Penn State about Feinberg’s participation.

It’s unclear precisely what role Feinberg and his firm will play, what compensation they might be getting or whether Penn State has made critical decisions about how much money to offer, where it will come from, how victims will be evaluated and the mechanism for making payments.

Feinberg also ran victim compensation funds for victims of Agent Orange, the Virginia Tech massacre and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.