Williams v. North Alabama Court Reporting Service

MURDOCK, Judge.

This appeal presents a single principal legal question: when may an attorney be liable for nonpayment of the costs of a transcript prepared by a court-reporting service?

The record reveals1 that David A. Sullivan (“the attorney”) represented W.L. Williams (“the client”) in proceedings before the United States Merit Systems Protection Board (“the MSPB”) during September 1997. After a 16-hour hearing had taken place, and the presiding administrative law judge had solicited briefs, counsel for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) contacted Toby…