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Commissioners waive conflict to allow county prosecutor's firm to represent sheriff in union litigation, agree to ethical wall
Summary
After executive session, Franklin County commissioners unanimously moved to waive a potential conflict so an outside prosecutor's firm could represent Sheriff Raymond in a union dispute; the firm will wall off information related to the union litigation as advised under RPC 1.7.
Franklin County commissioners on May 7 moved to waive a potential conflict of interest so that the county prosecutor’s outside firm can represent Sheriff Raymond in ongoing union litigation, with safeguards to isolate union‑related information.
The board read a statement in open session that summarized advice from the prosecutor’s office. The statement said the law firm Baker, Sturche, Cowden, Rice (associated in the matter with attorney Andy Cooley) is…
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