Court Lets Schock Off Hook On $160K In Legal Fees

The Indiana Lawyer reports:

A Terre Haute law firm is owed no additional money from one of its former clients, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday in an attorney fees lawsuit involving former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock and his campaign committee.

The Bopp Law Firm, P.C. appealed a Vigo Superior Court order ruling in favor of former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock and his campaign committee, Schock for Congress, on the law firm’s complaint for unpaid legal bills totaling $159,946.37, plus interest.

Schock – who was indicted for using campaign funds to pay personal expenses and ultimately resigned from Congress on March 31, 2015 – had hired the Bopp attorneys after the congressman was given a subpoena to testify before a grand jury and was ordered to produce a variety of financial records.

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