April 18, 2008 PRESS RELEASE BAR ADVOCATES PRAISE GOVERNOR'S SUPP BUDGET Quick action needed to avoid delays in payment Governor Patrick filed a supplemental budget on Tuesday that will help ensure that thousands of private lawyers who … [Read more...]
Bar Advocate stalled back pay passed tonight!
The House and Senate passed a Supplemental Budget tonight. It contains the money to pay invoices submitted by court appointed attorneys, some times called "bar advocates" for work done between 4/1/07 and 6/30/07, timely billed, and … [Read more...]
Short and sour – court appointed attorneys STILL unpaid for FY 07 work
And no date on the horizon, either. So work done from 4/1/07 - 6/30/07 is still unpaid for 2371 attorneys. And, if the attorney waits more than 30 days to bill after a case closes - there is a 10% penalty.If the Commonwealth … [Read more...]
Tuesday could be the day for those 2371 unpaid court-appointed attorneys!
As for me, I cannot take another day off from my work in my own office. I have no "W2 income" - if I do not work, I do not earn an income.If I do not get paid for the work I do, I cannot pay my bills. So although I do close my … [Read more...]
Request for HELP from the Blue Mass Group Community
1. Call Speaker DiMasi's office at 617 722 2500 and request that supplemental funding for line item 0321-1510 be passed TODAY.2. Call House Ways and Means Chairman Robert DeLeo at 617 722 2990 and request that supplemental … [Read more...]
Attotneys for the indigent STILL unpaid for all work done 4/1/07-6/30/07
On Thursday, September 27, the Legislature will go back into formal session. On that date, a delegation from the Massachusetts Association of Court Appointed Attorneys will be on Beacon Hill in an effort to secure passage of this … [Read more...]
The well is dry – bar advocates go unpaid once again
Consider, too that the "Special Counsel" on the big dig will be paid $700.00 an hour - and will never have to wait. All the outside, non-state-employee attorneys who are hired on an hourly basis also without becoming state employees … [Read more...]