Whoops, I was just kidding

A Hampton lawyer circulated a memo soliciting funds to fight against a local politician who would, with regard to fees for representing indigent defendants in criminal cases, "take our meal ticket and make us look like fools in the process." As written here, the memo has backfired somewhat, and is being cited in letters to judges asking them to stop giving appointments to the lawyer, who reportedly earned $50,000 in fees for court-appointed cases in a recent 12-month span.