Legal Ethics
Lawyer Accused of Billing County for More than 24 Hours of Work in a Day
Posted Jun 6, 2008, 10:16 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
An Illinois lawyer who represented indigent juveniles for Cook County, which includes Chicago, has been accused of billing for more than 20 hours of daily work on nearly 90 different days.
On 38 occasions, lawyer Jeffery Luckett of Homewood is accused of billing for more than 24 hours in a day, according to a complaint by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. Apparently his “most productive” day, the Legal Profession Blog reports, was March 15, 2005, when he allegedly billed the county for 40 hours of work.
The complaint says the excess billing occurred from May 2003 through March 2006, and was included in a $350,000 bill submitted in 2006 for services reaching back to 2001.
Luckett did not immediately return a phone call for comment.
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