New York AG Pension Probe Focuses on 12 Attorneys from 1 Law Firm
Updated: At least a dozen present and former attorneys at an Albany, N.Y., law firm are now reportedly being investigated by the state attorney general as part of an ongoing pension scandal probe.
The 12 allegedly may have received improper credits in the state’s pension system because they were listed as employees rather than independent contractors concerning the legal work they did for a three-county combined school district in New York, reports Newsday, citing unnamed sources.
As the Newsday article puts it: “Several of the attorneys associated with the Albany law firm of Girvin & Ferlazzo already have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in pensions, the sources said. The investigation is also examining whether some attorneys were given pension credit for work done by other attorneys, the sources said.”
As discussed in earlier ABAJournal.com posts, several federal agencies are also investigating state pensions being paid to lawyers in New York.
Prior coverage:
ABAJournal.com: “N.Y. Schools Lawyer-Pay Probe Expands to All Professionals in Gov’t Work”
ABAJournal.com: “4 Lawyers from 1 Law Firm Wrongly Included in N.Y. Pension System”
Times Union (Albany): “Lawyers’ role in question “
Updated at 11:50 a.m. to add Times Union coverage.
