Alexander E. Eisemann claims in a complaint filed in state Supreme Court last week that the county's Law Department hasn't authorized payment for invoices for his work representing Democratic legislators in two 2012 lawsuits against Astorino, a Republican.
Westchester's staff attorney, Robert Meehan, represented Astorino during the cases and it is his office that has refused to pay Eisemann, according to the complaint.
Ken Jenkins, then the Board of Legislators chairman, had received board approval to use staff legal counsel “and/or other legal counsel” to seek declaratory judgment on two legal matters: one over the makeup and procedures of the Acquisition and Contract, which approves county contracts, and the other over child-care subsidies.
It's absolutely ridiculous that he hasn't been paid,” Jenkins said. “Pay the bill, that's really the issue now. Somebody did their work and they should be compensated for their work.”
In both suits, Eisemann agreed to a reduced rate of $250 per hour instead of his regular rate of $495 per hour for similar work, the complaint said. He said he racked up 435 hours in total and accrued charges of $66,900 in the contracts board suit, which he won but is being appealed by Astorino, and $42,200 in the child subsidies case, which was won but overturned on appeal.
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