May 1885: The Ocean County freeholders asked Attorney General John Stockton to assist in the prosecution of the James Wainwright murder, but his presence was required in Trenton and he asked private lawyer Robert Lindabury to appear instead. The trial, involving six defendants and 172 witnesses, lasted 40 days, after which Lindabury presented a bill for $2,000. The freeholders, already in the hole for more than $25,000 in trial expenses, “had expected to receive the services of the attorney general for nothing and therefore were unwilling to pay Mr. Lindabury’s bill.”
100 Years Ago
May 1910: Even then, lawyers’ incomes were a subject of interest. The Law Journal reported that Moritz Rosenthal of New York, only 41, received the remarkable retainer of $100,000 a year as counsel to Standard Oil Co., in addition to a rate of $1,000 per day for trial work. It was worth it to the company, especially in the current suit Rosenthal was defending: the federal government’s attempt to have Standard Oil declared a monopoly and to have it broken up into constituent companies.
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