Subject:  Lawyer Charges $50,000 for DUI 
Author:  CourtTV
Uploaded By:  CourtTV
Date:  8/19/1996

File:  DUI.TXT (31860 bytes) 
Estimated Download Time (53797 baud):  < 1 minute
Download Count:  104





A Massachusetts attorney who billed a client more than $50,000 for representation on a DUI charge was censured by the Board of Bar Overseers.Laurence Fordham, who reportedly described himself as "efficient and economic in the use of [his] time, billed for 153 hours of his own time and 74 hours of associates' time on the case. Experts who testified at board hearings had never heard of a fee in excess of $15,000 for a first offense DUI case according to the court.