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Denton County hires outside counsel to represent it in Akbar lawsuit, exempts contract under Texas code
Summary
The commissioners approved hiring the law firm named in the motion to represent Denton County in Shazad Akbar v. Denton County and exempted the firm’s employment contract from a requirement of the Texas Local Government Code, authorizing the county judge to sign the contract.
The Chair moved that Denton County assign legal representation in case number 425CB00974, Shazad Akbar v. Denton County, currently pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, to the law firm named in the motion. The motion also sought to exempt the law firm’s contract of employment from a requirement of the Texas Local Government Code (cited in the motion as section 262.023) and to authorize the Denton County judge to execute that contract.
Commissioner Williams seconded the motion. After a voice vote, the Chair announced the motion carried unanimously.
The court did not provide additional details in the record about the contract’s terms, the specific statutory requirement being waived beyond the citation to Texas Local Government Code section 262.023, or the dollar amount of the engagement. The motion as recorded names the plaintiff (Shazad Akbar) and the case number and locates the matter in the federal court specified by the Chair’s motion. No public comment or debate over the selection or the exemption was recorded in the minutes.
Next steps recorded at the meeting: the court authorized the judge to sign the employment contract with the named law firm. The record does not specify a signing date or the contract’s effective date.
