Who is paying Curley’s Legal Fees? Are Those Fees Campaign Expenses?
Where is John Curley getting $300,000 to $500,000 to pursue his ridiculous lawsuit?
Angelo Genova, $850 per hour
Disgraced Freeholder John P. Curley’s attorneys, Genova Burns, submitted an invoice for $30,483.92 for their work on Curley’s contempt motion only yesterday in federal court. Curley sued Monmouth County taxpayers, his fellow freeholders, County Administrator Teri O’Connor and County Counsel Michael Fitzgerald late last year in an effort to keep an investigative report into his alleged conduct of employee harassment, sexual and otherwise, from becoming public.
U.S. District Court Judge Brian R. Martinotti dismissed Curley’s 12 count suit (not covered in the $30,483.92 invoice), but held the freeholders in contempt for revealing parts of the report in their Censure and Reprimand Resolution of Curley in December. Judge Martinotti ruled the County must pay Curley’s legal fees associated with the contempt motion. The County has appealed the contempt ruling, arguing that the information in the Censure and Reprimand did not come from the investigative report prepared by retired Acting Supreme Court Justice Mary Catherine Cuff.
Posted: August 24th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, Opinion | Tags: 2018 elections, Analysis, Angelo Genova, Curley Censured and Reprimand, Disgraced Freeholder John P. Curley, ELEC, Genova Burns, Jim Curley Buick GMC, John Curley, Monmouth County News, Opinion, U.S. District Court Judge Brian R. Martinotti | 16 Comments »