Saturday’s NY Post reported that poor Hiram Monserrate can no longer afford to pay his high-priced mouthpiece Joe Tacopina.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/judge_axes_hiram_lawyer_8EBJRQLGQomPms5H9dqi4M
Broke and disgraced ex-pol Hiram Monserrate lost his high-powered defense lawyer yesterday when a judge refused to let Monserrate use taxpayer money to pay his bills.
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Tacopina — who said he charges $750 an hour — previously represented Monserrate on domestic-violence charges that got him booted from the Senate.
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Tacopina — who wrote that Monserrate stiffed him despite assurances "that he would have the funds available to retain us" — said he didn't have any hard feelings.
Tacopina also said he wouldn't be sending Monserrate an invoice for his unpaid fees, insisting that not every case is about "billable hours."
Does anyone else find it suspicious that Tacopina is unconcerned about the money owed to him?
Does anyone else suspect that some other friends of Hiram are paying his legal bills?
Or am I paranoid?