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Thursday, September 02, 2010
Ind. Courts - "Defense lawyers in East Chicago sidewalk scandal must repay city $453K"
Bill Dolan reports today in the NWI Times in a story that begins:
CROWN POINT | A judge is ordering lawyers who defended three East Chicago city officials convicted in the Sidewalk Six case to repay that city $453,282 in legal fees.Lake Superior Court Judge John Pera ruled Wednesday that former East Chicago City Controller Edwardo Maldonado illegally paid four law firms that amount in 2004 for their services in defending Maldonado and former City Councilmen Frank Kollintzas and Joe De La Cruz against federal public corruption charges.
Pera ordered attorney Kevin Milner of Merrillville to repay $47,250; Tsoutsouris & Bertig of Valparaiso to repay $51,444; Cotsirilos Tighe & Streicker Ltd. to repay $63,923; and Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP to repay $290,665.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 2, 2010 10:26 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts