2 former BigLaw Associates Get Suspensions for Inflating Hourly Records
“The Illinois Supreme Court has suspended two former BigLaw associates who were accused of inflating the time that they spent on cases. John Paul Paleczny, a Chicago lawyer who is a former associate at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, got the tougher suspension. He is suspended for one year,” reports Debra Cassens Weiss in ABA Journal.
“According to an online summary at the website of the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission. Paleczny was accused in a June ethics complaint of recording more than 2,000 annual hours on a closed pro bono case, earning a $12,000 bonus as a result. He agreed to the suspension, which takes effect Oct. 14.”
