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Uinta County raises conflict-attorney rate to $120 an hour to rebuild roster
6417453 · October 1, 2025
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The commission approved increasing the hourly rate for conflict attorneys from $90 to $120 to attract lawyers for cases where the public defender’s office has a conflict.
The Uinta County Commission approved an increase in the hourly rate paid to conflict attorneys from $90 to $120, a change county public defenders said was needed to recruit attorneys for conflict appointments.
Lance Dean, chief public defender, said the $90 rate had been unchanged for many years and that low pay made it difficult to staff a roster of conflict counsel. "Our…
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