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Law department outlines heavy caseloads, FOIA backlog and AI pilot in budget hearing
Summary
Corporation Counsel Conrad Mallett told the council the law department is juggling hundreds of blight, appeals and litigation matters, processing 11,752 FOIA requests and piloting AI to speed records work while proposing closer enforcement coordination with Buildings & Code Enforcement and public-health partners.
The Budget, Finance and Audit standing committee heard a detailed law department budget presentation March 23 as Corporation Counsel Conrad Mallett described the offices workload and priorities. Mallett said the department is handling dozens of active matters across divisions, including 30 appeals, a specialized tax-appeals docket (211 handled in 2025), and 192 open blight cases managed by seven attorneys.
Mallett detailed the blight units enforcement activity, citing weekend joint work with Buildings & Code Enforcement (BC) and Detroit Police Department on unlicensed or youth-directed retail…
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