The lawsuit asks for him to be reinstated and for Judge Ewing to be barred from retaliating against him. In an interview, Judge Ewing denied the allegations, saying he assigned some cases to another lawyer because many of Mr. Willey’s cases were unresolved and Mr. Willey seemed overwhelmed. He also said that, as far as he knows, Mr. Willey’s eligibility to represent indigent defendants has never changed. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyBut according to the lawsuit, Judge Ewing told Mr. Willey that he spent too much time defending individual clients. “I think I said, ‘I can’t be paying you five times or six times an attorney with 20 years’ more experience,’” Judge Ewing said.

Source: New York Times March 29, 2018 09:00 UTC