Guam Bar declines to offer advice about Vanessa Williams
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.9999990463257px; line-height: 13.7999992370605px;">The Guam Bar Association has responded to the Civil Service Commission over advice on one of its former attorney's alleged misconduct. </span>
December 9, 2014Updated: December 9, 2014
By KUAM News
By KUAM News by Ken Quintanilla
Guam - The Guam Bar Association has responded to the Civil Service Commission over advice on one of its former attorney's alleged misconduct. CSC executive director Tony Lamorena says Guam Bar Ethics Committee chair mitchell Thompson gave a response declining to render any advisory opinion on the issue.
Lamorena says the request was important to ensure the integrity of the Commission, noting, "Because we want to ensure the integrity of the Commission, individuals and agencies come to the Civil Service Commission hoping to get a fair judgment in their cases. So we want o avoid any kind of appearance that there's any conflicts."
He adds the Commission will be meeting this Thursday to decide what's the next direction they take with the matter.
As we reported, the CSC wrote to the Guam Bar seeking advice over Attorney Vanessa Williams and her alleged involvement with Bernadette Meno in regards to the recent election controversy involving a cooler. Meno is the former Port Authority of Guam's marketing manager who was terminated along with several other employees accused of misconduct. All the fired employees had filed an appeal with the commission.
Williams has denied any professional or personal relationship with Meno. The CSC in the meantime has hired John Nowakowski to serve as the staff attorney.
Guam - The Guam Bar Association has responded to the Civil Service Commission over advice on one of its former attorney's alleged misconduct. CSC executive director Tony Lamorena says Guam Bar Ethics Committee chair mitchell Thompson gave a response declining to render any advisory opinion on the issue.
Lamorena says the request was important to ensure the integrity of the Commission, noting, "Because we want to ensure the integrity of the Commission, individuals and agencies come to the Civil Service Commission hoping to get a fair judgment in their cases. So we want o avoid any kind of appearance that there's any conflicts."
He adds the Commission will be meeting this Thursday to decide what's the next direction they take with the matter.
As we reported, the CSC wrote to the Guam Bar seeking advice over Attorney Vanessa Williams and her alleged involvement with Bernadette Meno in regards to the recent election controversy involving a cooler. Meno is the former Port Authority of Guam's marketing manager who was terminated along with several other employees accused of misconduct. All the fired employees had filed an appeal with the commission.
Williams has denied any professional or personal relationship with Meno. The CSC in the meantime has hired John Nowakowski to serve as the staff attorney.