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Corporation counsel: staffing cuts prompted greater use of outside counsel and paper-only appellate filings
Summary
Sue, the citys corporation counsel, said attorney vacancies and budget changes have reduced in-house bench strength, prompting the department to hire outside firms for major trials and to submit appellate matters on the papers rather than send counsel for oral argument in routine appeals.
Sue, the citys corporation counsel, told the council that staffing reductions and vacancies have reduced the departments in-house bench strength for major trials and appellate work, increasing reliance on outside counsel and changing the offices appellate practice.
When asked about attorney counts, Sue explained some positions were removed in the budgeting process and the office is currently down several attorneys compared with prior years. "We are definitely down a few attorneys. There are some vacancies," she said, adding that vacancies were…
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