President Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. Courtesy photo Special Master OKs $1M in Legal Fee Awards Against Sanctioned Pa. County and Lawyer
Jubelirer's report comes more than a year after the state Supreme Court sanctioned Fulton County and attorney Thomas Carroll for "dilatory, obdurate, and vexatious conduct, as well as conduct in bad faith" in the county's challenge to the secretary of state's authority to decertify voting machines.
September 03, 2024 at 04:10 PM
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Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
What You Need to Know
- A special master recommended that Fulton County and its attorney be made to pay more than $1 million worth of legal expenses for their conduct in a dispute over voting machine inspections.
- She recommended that the attorney be jointly and severally liable for $750,000 of that award.
- The report comes about a year after the state Supreme Court sanctioned Fulton County and its lawyer for bogging down discovery and disobeying a court order.
A central Pennsylvania county and its lawyer are facing a seven-figure sanction for their conduct in a dispute over voting machine inspections.
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