PORTLAND, Maine — Editor's note: The video above aired on July 8, 2021.
A prominent defense attorney accused of overbilling for court-appointed work says she's done nothing wrong.
Amy Fairfield is being sued by the Maine attorney general for allegedly misrepresenting the hours lawyers worked on cases to earn a higher reimbursement from the state.
Since January 2016, Fairfield & Associates has been paid $6.8 million by the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services.
She said her office took on about 3,000 of those cases a year and that her office is guilty of nothing more than hard work.