Morristown Lawyer Charged in Mt. Arlington Corruption Probe
“A Morristown lawyer lied about making campaign contributions to Mount Arlington officials in 2016, a year before her firm was awarded a ‘lucrative contract’ with the borough, according to law enforcement officials,” reports Fred J. Aun in Tap into Roxbury’s Law & Justice.
“The lawyer, Elizabeth Valandingham, 47, of Morristown, now faces up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $150,000 if convicted, said the state Attorney General’s Office on Friday.”
“Mount Arlington required that Valandingham certify her law firm ‘made no reportable political contributions in the year preceding the award of the contract.’ Valandingham made that certification and the borough subsequently ‘awarded the firm a lucrative contract, earning the firm in excess of $470,000.”
“The charges allege Valandingham actually donated $7,500 to Mount Arlington officials in 2016 and used ‘straw donors’ to do so surreptitiously.”