Ally v. Justice Administration Commission

Petitioner, appointed counsel in a dependency case, seeks a writ of certiorari to quash a circuit court order denying his motion for excess attorney’s fees for his services in the case.1 Petitioner argues that the court arbitrarily failed to fully compensate him for his services and that the fee awarded him is confiscatory. Because the circuit court did not depart from the essential requirements of law by denying compensation in excess of the applicable statutory limit, we deny the petition.

Petitioner was appointed to represent a father in a dependency case. The Department of Children and…