It can be used to monitor not only the status of outside legal work, but also invoicing and budgeting. (lawsitesblog.com)
The statements, which were made public by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, marked the first time in recent memory that the Legislature's top leaders earned little beyond their taxpayer - funded salaries and showed a stark departure from the tenures of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County), who frequently reported earning hundreds of thousands of dollars from outside legal work. (nydailynews.com)
The Manhattan Democrat and lawyer makes between $ 650,000 and $ 750,000 in outside legal work in addition to his $ 121,000 speaker salary, according to his 2013 state financial disclosure forms. (wsj.com)