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Board waives privilege on outside legal opinion, directs county manager to hire separate counsel on employment matters
Summary
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted to waive attorney-client privilege for an April 28 legal opinion from outside counsel and directed the county manager to retain outside counsel after outside counsel told the board the County Attorney’s Office has a conflict advising the board on certain recent hiring actions.
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors on April 30 voted to waive attorney-client privilege for a legal opinion authored April 28 by outside counsel Scott Rhodes and Jessica Gale and then directed the county manager to retain separate outside counsel to advise the board on employment matters involving the County Attorney's Office.
Outside counsel Scott Rhodes told the board the narrow question he and his partner were retained to examine was whether the County Attorney’s Office has an actual or potential conflict of interest advising the board on recent hires involving that office. Rhodes…
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