Post by Logan on Apr 24, 2016 9:27:22 GMT -6
Despite having 10 full-time attorneys on staff, the Senate paid Flaherty, Senasbaugh & Bonasso $20,667.50 to draft a friend of the court brief for Senate President Bill Cole, R-Mercer, in the state Supreme Court hearing over the vacancy created when Sen. Daniel Hall, D-then-R-then-NRA, resigned in January.
Not clear why it took the law firm so long to file the invoice from a case heard back on Jan. 19, except that it goes into great detail for each billable hour (and portions of hours). Examples:
• Reading the petition from the state Democratic Party seeking writ requiring that a Democrat fill Hall’s vacancy, took 7/10ths of an hour, costing $157.50.
• Analyzing W.Va. Code 3-10-5 took another 7/10ths of an hour, costing another $157.50. (3-10-5, filling vacancies in the state Legislature, is three paragraphs long.)
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/article-/20160424/statehouse-beat-senate-legal-fees-pile-up#sthash.mHTSpVqT.dpuf
Not clear why it took the law firm so long to file the invoice from a case heard back on Jan. 19, except that it goes into great detail for each billable hour (and portions of hours). Examples:
• Reading the petition from the state Democratic Party seeking writ requiring that a Democrat fill Hall’s vacancy, took 7/10ths of an hour, costing $157.50.
• Analyzing W.Va. Code 3-10-5 took another 7/10ths of an hour, costing another $157.50. (3-10-5, filling vacancies in the state Legislature, is three paragraphs long.)
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/article-/20160424/statehouse-beat-senate-legal-fees-pile-up#sthash.mHTSpVqT.dpuf