JUSTICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION v. Gayden

The Justice Administrative Commission (JAC) seeks certiorari review of an order awarding attorney’s fees to Vanessa T. Gayden, Esquire (Gayden). JAC objects because the order was entered without a hearing. Certiorari is an appropriate remedy.

On August 28, 2007, the circuit court appointed Gayden to represent the mother in a dependency proceeding. On November 19, 2007, Gayden submitted a bill for $1,000, which JAC paid. This would have concluded Gayden’s involvement in the case but for the fact that the Department of Children and Families had filed a petition to terminate the mother’s parental…