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Nampa legal asks for additional staff attorney as in-house workload approaches last year’s external billable hours
Summary
City Attorney Preston Leonard said the in-house legal team is absorbing a high volume of work, approaching the prior year’s external counsel hours within four months, and requested a staff attorney to reduce reliance on outside counsel while noting the consolidation of risk management under legal.
Preston Leonard, the city’s lead attorney, told council that moving legal work in-house has increased workload and that an additional staff attorney is requested in the FY26 budget to address volumes and reduce—but not eliminate—external counsel costs.
Leonard said last year outside counsel billed about 1,575 hours through the Boort and Lakey firm. He said the combined in-house and…
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