Wisconsin: Justice Gableman's dirty deal detailed
There simply is no bottom for these guys....
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/value-of-gablemans-legal-services-disputed-ql3k71n-136492243.html
Value of Gableman's legal services disputed
His attorney says they weren't free, but legal scholars disagree
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Madison - The new attorney for state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman contends the justice did not receive free legal services from a law firm even though Gableman ran no risk of having to pay those bills - a viewpoint that drew sharp disagreement from some lawyers and legal scholars. Gableman, who was accused of an ethics violation in 2008, did not pay for a defense provided by Michael Best & Friedrich attorney Eric McLeod. Under the recently disclosed arrangement, McLeod's legal fees would be paid only if Gableman prevailed in his case and then persuaded the state to cover the costs.
Because the Supreme Court deadlocked on his ethics case, Gableman did not have the opportunity to seek his legal fees from the state and so the firm did not receive its fees. A review of state law shows Michael Best would have had just a slim chance of recovering its full fees under the deal. Attorneys have called the arrangement unusual and said McLeod's services were likely worth tens of thousands of dollars.
State officials are barred from receiving anything of value because of their position under state law. And the state's judicial ethics code bars judges from accepting gifts from those who are likely to appear before them. Gableman made substantive rulings in nine cases involving Michael Best while he was being represented by the firm and in the year and a half since then. He recused himself from a 10th
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Gillers said the agreement obligated Gableman to recuse himself from cases where Michael Best represented a client before the Supreme Court. Gableman has participated in all cases involving Michael Best but one. In the case where Gableman recused himself, Michael Best itself had been sued.
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emphasis mine
So Gableman smears his opponent with lies in the election, then strikes a deal with the lawyers defending him on the ethic case that calls for them to be paid by the State if they prevail, but no charge if they lose.
Then the asshat sits on cases represented by the same firm.
These guys know no bottom.