Source: ABA Journal Top Stories
Two Georgia attorneys reportedly were operating a private law practice at the same time that they held full-time positions as staff lawyers at the State Ethics Commission. And after another employee allegedly blew the whistle on about the apparent moonlighting on state time and using state resources, she was the one who was fired,says Jennifer Ward, formerly the commission’s human resources and budget director, in a complaint filed in Fulton County Superior Court. Thomas Plank Jr., who is now acting director of the commission, said he din’t fire Ward in retaliation for her complaint, but otherwise declined to comment. His…
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Fired Attorney Sues State Ethics Comm’n, Claims Retaliation Over Lawyer Moonlighting Complaint
July 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
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