Tom Workman, President of the Massachusetts Association of Court-Appointed Attorneys (MACAA), sent an e-mail yesterday evening, responding to my position that the boycott by Bar Advocates is unlawful and unethical. Tom states that the “>Lavallee decision has changed the landscape, and may instead make it unethical for indigent defense counsel to take cases. Click here to see his message and the response I posted tonight at TalkLeft.
p.s. See the Decision and Order in the FTC’s Clark County Assigned Counsel case for a good outline of the kinds of activity that are and are not permitted when seeking higher fees. The relevant provisions are available at this weblog by clicking Assigned Counsel Don’t’s & Do’s
from Issa:
the dragonfly, too
works late…
night fishing
[translator David G. Lanoue, from his Issa website]