Stratford lawyer Laurence V. Parnoff’s apparent desire to wangle a better deal for himself has proven costly.

He’s involved in a long-running court dispute in which he’s accused of circumventing the state “fee cap statute.” In the same case, he faces possible disbarment for improperly spending more than $300,000 in client funds. And then there’s the most recent mattter — allegedy trying to get free city water for his pet goats.