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Hall County legal office seeks pay increases to recruit attorneys amid vacancies
Summary
At a March 11 meeting, a Hall County staff member described difficulty hiring and retaining attorneys, proposing higher starting salaries, a language differential and expanding budgeted positions to address caseloads and off-hours duties.
Speaker 5, a Hall County staff member, told the meeting on March 11, 2025, the county legal office is struggling to hire and retain attorneys and proposed raising starting salaries and adding positions to reduce an overburdened caseload.
The issue matters because the speaker said vacancies are forcing current staff to carry heavy workloads and manage time-consuming duties outside normal hours, including arranging autopsies and completing death certificates. “All this is to say we we have been struggling keeping or getting people into the office,” Speaker 5 said, describing ongoing cases with future court dates.
Speaker 5 outlined proposed pay steps and recruitment challenges. The…
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