CPA denies Cushnie’s extension request

Posted on Feb 12 2012

The board of directors of the Commonwealth Ports Authority has denied the request of its former legal counsel, Douglas Cushnie, to stretch out by six more months his last payment to the agency.

Board members disclosed that Cushnie had asked last month for a deferment on his last payment amounting to $33,333, which is part of the settlement agreement he entered into with the ports authority.

CPA sued Cushnie in October 2007 for allegedly refusing to return $265,144 that he allegedly overbilled the ports authority. The agency also sued him for alleged professional malpractice/professional negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract.

Cushnie was reportedly paid a total of $1.3 million for his services with CPA from June 2003 to September 2006.

A settlement agreement later inked by two parties required Cushnie to pay CPA $150,000.

CPA executive director Edward Deleon Guerrero told Saipan Tribune that Cushnie’s request is for the last payment of this settlement agreement. It was due last month.

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