Board members of a fledging public utility in upstate New York are moving to oust their chairman for, among other things, challenging Howreywhose slide into dissolution is detailed in the June issue of The American Lawyer–over its efforts to retain a multimillion-dollar legal services contract with the agency.

The Am Law Daily reported last month on Howrey’s efforts to secure a contract worth up to $15.5 million to do work for the the North Country Power Authority (NCPA), which was formed last year to serve 24 municipalities in St. Lawrence and Franklin counties along New York’s border with Canada.