Matter of Director of Assigned Counsel Plan (Bodek)

In Matter of Director of Assigned Counsel Plan (Bodek) (159 Misc 2d 142, affd 207 AD2d 307, affd 87 NY2d 191) the Director of the Assigned Counsel Plan of the City of New York challenged the award of $ 100 per hour pursuant to section 722-c to Hillel Bodek, MSW, CSW, for forensic social services rendered to the defendant, by comparing that rate to the $ 49 per hour paid to psychiatrists and $ 24 per hour paid to psychologists by the court clinic. The trial court which made the assignment determined that extraordinary circumstances justified the compensation awarded despite the disparity between the forensic social worker and court clinic employees.