Michigan State University will pay a law firm $150,000 to settle a lawsuit in which the firm claimed the university failed to fully reimburse it for representing a trustee in connection to an outside investigation into her misconduct.
The payment to Rochester-based Miller Law Firm will serve as compensation for its “claimed unpaid attorneys’ fees and costs” for a portion of its representation of former board chair Rema Vassar, according to the agreement, which was signed Oct. 27 and obtained by The State News through a public records request.
Miller Law’s litigation against MSU was essentially a billing dispute, centering on MSU’s alleged refusal to pay Miller Law $242,653 for representing Vassar in the months after an explosive report into her misconduct was released…