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Assigned Counsel program aims to take over case assignments, hire investigators and reduce county claims costs with state funding
Summary
Shane Huck, Assigned Counsel administrator, outlined a plan to centralize assignment of court‑appointed private attorneys, add in‑house investigator/IT staff under state funding, and use a new billing/case tracking system to reduce growing county claims driven by family court cases.
Shane Huck, administrator of Albany County’s Assigned Counsel Program, told the Legislature on Oct. 23 that the office will seek to take over assignments of court‑appointed counsel, hire new in‑house staff funded by state grants and use data and billing systems to reduce growing county costs for private attorney claims.
Huck explained that under the new Assigned Counsel Plan the office will begin appointing attorneys in family and criminal courts rather than relying on judicial appointment lists. He said the county bears a significant share of attorney claims (bills…
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