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County counsel presents lower‑cost alternative to Best Best & Krieger for cemetery legal work; public speakers criticize current counsel
Summary
County counsel presented a cost comparison showing county attorneys could provide legal services to the Tulare Public Cemetery District at substantially lower projected annual cost than the private firm Best Best & Krieger.
County counsel presented a comparison of legal services options to the Tulare Public Cemetery District on July 8, showing that in‑house Tulare County legal teams could deliver district legal work at substantially lower projected annual cost than the private law firm Best Best & Krieger (BBK).
The county presentation noted BBK’s general counsel rate for special‑district work, which the slide listed as $285 per hour, and said BBK had billed the district an average monthly cost of about $5,204.63 during the period the firm served the district. County counsel estimated projected annual legal costs under the BBK arrangement at about $62,455; county counsel projected county in‑house…
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