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Commission grants advisory opinion finding grandfathering for Broward school board member’s preexisting law contracts
Summary
An advisory opinion adopted by the Commission on Ethics concluded that a Broward County School Board member’s preexisting law-firm contracts are grandfathered; new litigation agreements would create a conflict and the member must abstain from votes that would create or remove billing opportunities for the firm.
The Florida Commission on Ethics on Sept. 10 adopted an advisory opinion finding that a Broward County School Board member’s employment at a law firm that holds contracts with the board is, in part, negated by statutory grandfathering for agreements entered before the member took office.
Assistant counsel Michael Terry presented the draft opinion (file No. 2821), telling commissioners that the law firm in question held two contract types with the school board: a multiyear special-counsel services agreement with two contemplated extension options, and discrete litigation contracts entered on a case-by-case basis.…
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