The Best Paid Court Appointed Attorney In Ohio Was Cheating

The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered a two-year suspension with the second year stayed on conditions of an attorney who engaged in gross overbilling for court-appointed legal services.

The attorney became the subject of scrutiny when the Dayton Daily News reported that he was the “attorney receiving the highest payment for court appointed legal work in Ohio.”

Turns out he was billing for services in four counties such that in 2008 he billed 2,555.5 hours (the point 5 is a nice touch) to a single county, which comes out to over seven hours a day 365 days a year.

His billings to other counties got him over eight hours a day.

Restitution of $50,000 is one of the reinstatement conditions. (Mike Frisch)