From Michael Cleary, President of USAPA, and his recent communication to the USAPA membership:

"Interestingly, instead of cooperating with USAPA and simply providing the requested documentation, Sxxxx has retained counsel which specializes in defending attorneys against ethics charges and disbarment proceedings. I for one find it interesting that he feels the need for this when he has simply been asked to provide substantiation for his billing to us. USAPA has an absolute right to the information we are requesting. The audit will proceed, with or without Mr. Sxxxx's cooperation.