Where did the 10k figure come from? Probably made-up BS like applying his “hourly rate” to the time he spent fighting the ticket. Just what we need....more lawyer crap!!!! Pitiful.
Reminds me of a story I once heard:
A lawyer dies and goes to heaven. (Easy, its fiction) St. Peter meets him at the pearly gates. The lawyer is contesting his death. (I, don’t know if he paid $10,000.00). He tells the good Saint that there must be some mistake, he is in good health and is only 40 years old. St. Peter looks in his book, and says “No mistake, according to your billing records, you are 90 years old.”
Precisely. Dumb reporter probably just dictated the figure given to him. Now, if this lawyer had been identified with the Republican party, the line would have been "...alleged to have spent $10,000..."
Did he hire an attorney? If he did, I bet he ends up contesting the bill. Old lawyer wisdom: never take a client who only wants to fight for the principle. They never pay their bill.