Elrington Issues Statement Following GLC Outcome

This evening, Senior Counsel Hubert Elrington, who represented his son ‘OJ’ Elrington before the GLC, issued a release which states, in part, “while we may not fully agree with this decision, as officers of the court, we respect the authority of the General Legal Council.  We intend to present our reasons to the GLC as to why we believe no sanctions are warranted in this case.  Following the outcome of these discussions, we will proceed accordingly based on further instructions”.

 

Orson “OJ” Elrington, Attorney-at-law

“The question was whether or not on the settlement of the matter, whether or not there was an agreement as to the quantum on the settlement of the matter.  I personally spoke to the client and he accepted.  I take responsibility whenever it is I have employees.  Regrettably, I give instructions for the employee to get that in writing.  He failed to do so until after the fact, I assumed to have happened.  That is all that happened in this circumstance, nothing more, nothing less.”

 

Isani Cayetano

“Do you foresee, nonetheless, that the fact that the SSB and yourself settled on this issue without the   involvement or the approval of Mr. Dozie…”

 

Orson “OJ” Elrington

“I don’t agree that that was the case.  That was not the case, I spoke to him personally and he was involved in every element of it.  I can show you text messages from him where he thanked me so much for all that I did for him, and I will provide it to you.  He thanked me so much, even after.  It was only when it was time to issue, and he was reminded that, you know, the full settlement is not yours, there is a portion that must come to us as the attorney and a portion… that is when he suddenly said, “Oh, well I don’t… that is not what I thought would happen.”  That was what happened.”