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Law department to shift indigent defense billing to per‑case model; one litigator position to be filled
Summary
The city’s law director told council staff the Summit County Legal Defender’s Office will move to per‑case billing and the county will seek state reimbursement; the change should reduce variability in the city’s payments and align Akron with other municipalities.
Deb Matts, director of law, told the budget committee the city will change how it pays the Summit County Legal Defender’s Office for indigent defense services. Under the new arrangement, Matts said, the legal defenders will bill the county at a per‑case rate (the department referenced roughly $230 per case as the going rate), the county will file for state reimbursement…
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