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hueymahl

(2,644 posts)
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:40 AM Jun 2016

Georgia GOP Chairman owes Law Firm $340k for defense of Discrimination Charge

Last edited Sat Jun 25, 2016, 04:47 PM - Edit history (1)

John Padgett has gotten sued again, this time by the law firm that was defending him on a charge of race discrimination:

The head of the Georgia GOP has reneged on more than $340,000 in outstanding legal fees owed to a law firm that’s representing him in a high-profile discrimination lawsuit, according to a legal complaint filed this month.

The Atlanta law firm Fisher & Phillips said in the complaint filed in Athens-Clarke County Superior Court that John Padgett refused to pay the fees he incurred after he was sued by former Georgia GOP employee Qiana Keith. In a lawsuit, Keith claimed the organization’s employees humiliated her and referred to her with a racial slur.


http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/06/24/georgia-gop-chief-faces-more-legal-trouble/

Poor, poor Padgett.
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Georgia GOP Chairman owes Law Firm $340k for defense of Discrimination Charge (Original Post) hueymahl Jun 2016 OP
He probably knows the judge and isn't worried... Phentex Jun 2016 #1

Phentex

(16,500 posts)
1. He probably knows the judge and isn't worried...
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 04:38 PM
Jun 2016

one article said no one from the GOP has commented yet. Personal responsibility, huh?

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