Two attorneys sue comptroller to keep public pensions

These people tried to cheat the taxpayer. It brings a wide smile to my face to see their inappropriate pensions taken away.

For the good of the country and taxpayers, shutting down half of the law schools in the country would save hundred of billions a year in law suits.

If I were them, I'd probably slink into the mist very carefully...if they end up not having to return the money they already took that they didn't deserve, they'd be ahead of the game.

Keep up the good work, DiNapoli!!! You're one of the few honest ones that have the taxpayer's back.

Can you believe the arrogance? No wonder lawyers have the rotten reputation....but then again, 99% of our govenrment representatives are lawyers. So much for "of the people, by the people, and for the people." More along the lines of "to the people." We should throw them all out, from the top down. Oh, you're a lawyer... you won't be elected.

Claw it all back, with interest and punitive penalties.

These criminals knowingly engaged in fraud on the public.

Fine, let them be in the pension system, but since they are school employees, then their law firm should be paying back the legal fees that the firm got.

BECAUSE: these attorneys are either school employees or outside contractors. It can't be both.
So pay back all the legal fees paid to your firm during the time period that the attny was classified as an ermployee.

Can you believe that one of these bums was getting a $98,000/year pension?

That's $98,000 for the rest of his miserable life for doing nothing.

Even if he did his job, that amount of cash is too much. Do you know anyone other than public employees who get this kind of pension (other than crooked CEOs)?

The public sector is out of control. Pensions need to be reviewed and brought back to reality. We can't afford to pay these pensions.

It's time to end the madness, and that begins by voting out the bought-and-sold elected officials who voted for them.

This demonstrates flaws in our legal system that we must entertain frivelous law suits, Newsday had it right coining the term "Double Dipping" These lawyers should be ashamed of themselves! We need sweeping reforms to prevent allowance of suits like these to clog our legal systems. Jail them for fraud until they repay what they stole from the taxpayers! Prosecute them all!

These 2 lawyers are are a good example of what I always said.
Are all lawyers low life pigs?
Not all but 99.9% are.

It's sad that people believe without any thought whatsoever what Pol Watcher is saying.

FACT: These are not really public employees but private attorneys attempting to collect a pension they were NOT entitled to.

FACT: The pension for a REAL public attorney in the system is not even close to $98,000. I am a public sector attorney; I don't make close to this amount now, in a full time position. After 20 years (of real honest hard work--I have no staff, make my own calls, type my own letters and you will never find me on a golf course), I could expect to get a $31,000 per year pension. And yes, we typically retire at the average age of 74.

Wake up, these are private sector leeches gaming the system. This is the end result of "privatization". Works great, doesn't it?

Randolph wrote:

Fine, let them be in the pension system, but since they are school employees, then their law firm should be paying back the legal fees that the firm got.
BECAUSE: these attorneys are either school employees or outside contractors. It can't be both.
So pay back all the legal fees paid to your firm during the time period that the attny was classified as an ermployee.

I see that someone disagreed w/you.
The lawyer didn't leave his name.

This shows me that lawyers do not care what is right, they only care what the law says. If the law said that murder was legal, then the lawyers would follow that law. Who cares what's right?

Turandot wrote:

It's sad that people believe without any thought whatsoever what Pol Watcher is saying.
FACT: These are not really public employees but private attorneys attempting to collect a pension they were NOT entitled to.
FACT: The pension for a REAL public attorney in the system is not even close to $98,000. I am a public sector attorney; I don't make close to this amount now, in a full time position. After 20 years (of real honest hard work--I have no staff, make my own calls, type my own letters and you will never find me on a golf course), I could expect to get a $31,000 per year pension. And yes, we typically retire at the average age of 74.
Wake up, these are private sector leeches gaming the system. This is the end result of "privatization". Works great, doesn't it?

Nice attempt at confusing an issue that's quite simple.

The system is corrupt, and it is through the corrupt public sector system controlled by corrupt public officials that these people were brought into the system.

This has nothing to do with "privatization."

There are people in public service who perform their jobs with diligence and dedication. Not these men.