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Settlement to pay for Burkons legal fees—The Cleveland Jewish News

“Burkons[‘] lawyer, Peter Pattakos of the Pattakos Law Firm in Fairlawn told the CJN in a May 25 email that Burkons placed a demand to Diane Calta, James Pasch, Stephanie Scalise and Nathalie Supler ‘personally, to pay his attorneys’ fees incurred in defending the malicious, retaliatory and ridiculous prosecution that they conspired to institute against him, which was dismissed.’ …

“Pattakos said [that the underlying prosecution was dismissed], ‘after we pointed out that Calta, Pasch and Supler’s secret agreement to retain Scalise as ‘pro bono freelance prosecutor’ was prohibited by Ohio law and the Beachwood charter, and, unsurprisingly, no court or prosecutor with jurisdiction over Burkons wished to endorse the egregiously unconstitutional notion that he somehow committed a ‘crime’ by having sent an email expressing opinions to other public officials about a matter of public concern. …

“The settlement … was $30,000 following his $44,378.10 demand for legal fees incurred during his criminal prosecution by the city.”

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