Friday, January 25, 2013

$23,000 for Only 100 Hours of Work Just Doesn't Add Up
   I do not know if $230 an hour is an unusual amount for an attorney to be paid, but I'm guessing that, even by lawyer standards, it is.
   So, what was our attorney general (at the time, he was the chief deputy in the attorney general's office, not the attorney general, himself) doing when he billed $23,000 for about 100 hours of his time?
   State Sen. Todd Weiler, Woods Cross, has suggested $23,000 for 100 hours just doesn't look right.
   And, it doesn't. It doesn't add up. We, as Swallow's constituents, are right to ask what was going on.

(Note: the following updated added 2-19-13:
   When federal officers consider charges, do they consider just federal laws that might have been violated, or do they also consider state laws? For, in Utah Code 67-16-5, it prohibits receiving compensation for private services at a rate substantially higher than fair market value.

http://le.utah.gov/code/TITLE67/htm/67_16_000500.htm
   

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