A lawyer working for the administrator overseeing a multibillion-dollar settlement from the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf resigned Friday after being accused of misconduct. Lionel H. Sutton III resigned Friday morning, Nick Gagliano, a spokesman for court-appointed administrator Patrick Juneau, told The Associated Press. Sutton has been accused of collecting portions of settlement payments from a New Orleans law firm to which he had once referred claims, a BP PLC official who reviewed a report outlining the allegations told the AP, which broke the story Thursday. Gagliano did not elaborate on Sutton’s reasons for resigning and said that Juneau would not be commenting beyond a statement issued earlier in which he pledged to thoroughly investigate. Both BP and claimants "rightfully expect fairness and objectivity from this claims process," Juneau wrote.