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Home > Blogs > Butler County News and Issues > Archives > 2008 > July > 30 > Entry

Judges, lawyers may face off over attorney selection process

By Josh Sweigart | Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 12:00 PM

Local lawyers and judges may turn the Butler County commission chamber into a courtroom Thursday, July 31, arguing the pros and cons of a proposed restructuring of how defense attorneys are chosen.

Judge Michael Sage developed a plan he says will save $182,428 by reducing the number of defense attorneys who can get contracts from roughly 50 to 14. Read that story here.

Sage says the current system leaves room for abuse by attorneys. Read that story here.

But attorneys are likely to argue Thursday that it’s not in the public’s best interest to consolidate the contracts with so few people, and have those few people in essence report to the judges they argue before.

What do you think?

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