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Commissioners reassign county counsel in Fagan litigation after courtroom exchange

LaPorte County Board of Commissioners · August 6, 2025
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Summary

Following a contentious hearing and questions about outside counsel’s handling of the Fagan case, the LaPorte County Board of Commissioners voted to have county attorney Guy DiMartino resume representation and remove outside counsel Shaw Freeman; an executive session was scheduled for further briefing.

The LaPorte County Board of Commissioners voted on Aug. 6 to have county attorney Guy DiMartino resume representation in the matter captioned Fagan v. Board of Commissioners and to remove outside counsel Shaw Freeman from the case.

Commissioners discussed a public hearing the day before and concerns that outside counsel had not assimilated the case history and…

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