Zimmerman's not-guilty verdict comes with 'mind-numbing' $2.5M bill

[alp227]

George Zimmerman was acquitted at his racially charged murder trial in July. He won but at a very steep cost.

Two months ago, he received a $2.5 million bill from his two lead attorneys, Mark O'Mara and Don West.

They had kept track of the time they worked on the case. Each billed him for about 3,000 hours, according to O'Mara.

In a high-profile but not very complicated murder case, the relationship between lawyer and client and money long ago grew complicated. Only now, though, is that issue out in the open.

O'Mara took on the case in April 2012, saying he would represent Zimmerman at no charge. Then he discovered that Zimmerman and his family were raising funds via a website and that money was pouring in, at least initially.

full: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-george-zimmerman-legal-bills-20131129,0,7584756.story

[Blue Owl]

1. 3,000 hours on that douchebag?

[liberalmuse]

2. It takes a lot of money and hours...

to help set a guilty man free. Not so much to put an innocent person of color in prison, though.

[nyquil_man]

3. From the way O'Mara was talking, he didn't think he'd ever get paid.

And from the way Zimmerman's been acting, he'll probably have more unpaid lawyers before long.

[Control-Z]

4. I wonder how much of that 2.5 million

is supposed to go to the prosecutors. I swear, it seemed like they were part of the defense team.

[hfojvt]

5. but they raised (and spent) $400,000

Used for Zimmerman's living expenses

"But Zimmerman had supporters, too. Contributors gave more than $400,000 to his legal-defense fund, money that went toward case expenses and supporting Zimmerman and his wife — not paying O'Mara and West for the hours they were working."

What, did a bunch of that money goto pay bail?