Opinion ID: 2558572
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Heading: OHR's Contracts with Vere Plummer

Text: 16. In September 2000, OHR entered into a written contract with attorney Vere Plummer to represent a complainant in an OHR proceeding. Tr. at 52-53. OHR entered into a subsequent contract with Mr. Plummer in November 2000, relating to the same representation. Mr. Plummer represented the complainant from September 2000 through at least the end of March 2001. BX 9 at 11-18. 17. In a memorandum to Mr. Holman dated April 20, 2001, Respondent noted that Mr. Plummer did not have a contract or purchase order covering the period from November 2000 to March 2001. Respondent did not recommend that OHR not pay Mr. Plummer because of the lack of a written contract, but instead recommended that OHR pay him $4,602, less than half of his invoice, because, according to Respondent, his services were duplicated, excessive, or unverified. BX 9 at 26. 18. Subsequently, Mr. Holman, in consultation with Ms. Delaney, determined that Mr. Plummer should be paid because, notwithstanding the lack of a written contract, he had done the work at OHR's request. Tr. at 53-54, 72, 597-98, 657-58, 665-68, 715, 718.