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After leaving the Jindal administration, Faircloth earned $1.1 million on no-bid contracts.<ref name=huffpost>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/jimmy-faircloth-bobby-jindal_n_3647111.html|title=Jimmy Faircloth, Ex-Bobby Jindal Aide, Runs Law Firm Drawing No-Bid State Contracts|publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|author=Melinda Deslatte|date=July 24, 2013|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> Jindal subsequently named Faircloth to the Louisiana Tax Commission, but he resigned after three months because of a question over whether he could serve because he had left the Jindal administration less than a year earlier.<ref name=cenlamar>{{cite web|url=http://cenlamar.com/2013/07/29/jimmy-faircloth/|title=Jimmy Faircloth- Bobby Jindal’s Former Executive Counsel- Makes a Fortune in No-Bid Contracts|author=Lamar White|publisher=cenlamar.com|date=July 29, 2013|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>
After leaving the Jindal administration, Faircloth earned $1.1 million on no-bid contracts.<ref name=huffpost>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/jimmy-faircloth-bobby-jindal_n_3647111.html|title=Jimmy Faircloth, Ex-Bobby Jindal Aide, Runs Law Firm Drawing No-Bid State Contracts|publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|author=Melinda Deslatte|date=July 24, 2013|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> Jindal subsequently named Faircloth to the Louisiana Tax Commission, but he resigned after three months because of a question over whether he could serve because he had left the Jindal administration less than a year earlier.<ref name=cenlamar>{{cite web|url=http://cenlamar.com/2013/07/29/jimmy-faircloth/|title=Jimmy Faircloth- Bobby Jindal’s Former Executive Counsel- Makes a Fortune in No-Bid Contracts|author=Lamar White|publisher=cenlamar.com|date=July 29, 2013|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>
The Louisiana Board of Ethics later fined Faircloth $1,000 for not having waited for at least one year as required by state law but suspended payment with the understanding that Faircloth remain in accord with the law. As of July 2015, legal fees paid to the Faircloth law firm for its work on more than twenty-five cases for the state surpassed $1.5 million. Further fees were paid to the Faircloth firm since that time.<ref name=rps>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/politics/state/2016/01/08/faircloth-appreciates-opportunity-jindals-attorney/78380938/|title=Faircloth appreciates opportunity as Jindal's attorney|author=Richard P. Sharkey|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=January 9, 2016}}</ref>
The Louisiana Board of Ethics later fined Faircloth $1,000 for not having waited for at least one year as required by state law but suspended payment with the understanding that Faircloth remain in accord with the law. As of July 2015, legal fees paid to the Faircloth law firm for its work on more than twenty-five cases for the state surpassed $1.5 million. Further fees were paid to the Faircloth firm since that time.<ref name=rps>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/politics/state/2016/01/08/faircloth-appreciates-opportunity-jindals-attorney/78380938/|title=Faircloth appreciates opportunity as Jindal's attorney|author=Richard P. Sharkey|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=January 8, 2016|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>
In 2012, Jindal named Faircloth to represent the administration in legal challenges to the state's educational laws.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20120624/NEWS01/206240337/Pineville-attorney-Jimmy-Fairthcloth-joins-state-education-debate?nclick_check|title="Pineville attorney Jimmy Faircloth joins state education debate"|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=June 24, 2012}}</ref> Faircloth hence defended the statewide educational voucher program and the rewriting of teacher tenure and pay policies.<ref name=huffpost/>
In 2012, Jindal named Faircloth to represent the administration in legal challenges to the state's educational laws.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20120624/NEWS01/206240337/Pineville-attorney-Jimmy-Fairthcloth-joins-state-education-debate?nclick_check|title="Pineville attorney Jimmy Faircloth joins state education debate"|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=June 24, 2012}}</ref> Faircloth hence defended the statewide educational voucher program and the rewriting of teacher tenure and pay policies.<ref name=huffpost/>