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Morales Payout Rises Still Higher
City must also pay its private legal team. Total cost of lawsuit will exceed $668,000. By Jeramey Jannene - Jul 19th, 2021 05:27 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales. Photo from the Milwaukee Police Department.
The City of Milwaukee’s settlement with ousted police chief
Alfonso Morales will cost more than the six-figure check the City Treasurer is poised to write Morales.
Morales himself is poised to receive $500,000. His legal team, led by Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown partner
Frank Gimbel, will split another $127,000. The city will pay the law firm and its client with a single check.
Morales successfully sued the city for reinstatement, with City Attorney
Tearman Spencer admitting in a court filing that the chief’s due process rights were violated. Morales is widely expected to secure a settlement with the city that would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Wilson, 73, has served on the commission since 2013. Her term expired in 2018, during a period when she lived outside of the city, but she continued to serve. Mayor
Tom Barrett moved to reappoint her in December.
After multiple meetings, the Public Safety & Health Committee voted to reject her reappointment in January.
Common Council President
Cavalier Johnson requested a report from the Inspector General on a conflict between Wilson’s testimony and that of the City Attorney on when and if guidance on the Morales vote was issued. The report sided with the City Attorney.