When the Associated Press ran a story May 11th about attorney Jennifer Messer’s legal work for the City of Fishers, only two months of billing records were released at that time. Fishers city officials have now released records from 2015 through April of 2017.
The records show daily billing for legal services. In most months, based on the claims submitted by Mrs. Messer, she was paid less than $200 per hour. In a few instances, she was paid more, the most being $211 per hour one month.
The legal work was largely done from her home in suburban Washington DC. Her husband is Congressman Luke Messer, and he is considering a run for the United State Senate seat now held by Joe Donnelly.
Here are the records, as released by the City of Fishers:
Just a general thought….
Lawyers $200+ an hour is considered a low rate. Teachers roughly $200 a *day* is considered a normal rate. Yeah, something is broken somewhere.
As to Messer situation, I believe many have issue more with the fact that she is no longer hanging out in Fishers. Let’s redirect to local resources.