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Brown County hires outside counsel to take over tax-sale work, sets early-June target for auction
Summary
The Brown County commission voted to engage outside counsel to assume a tax-foreclosure case after the county prosecutor moved to withdraw. Counsel outlined steps, a likely timeline (publication schedule and a target of early June) and an estimate of fees drawn from sale proceeds.
The Brown County Board of Commissioners voted to engage outside counsel to take over a tax-foreclosure case the county prosecutor is withdrawing from, commissioners said during a March meeting.
The board invited attorneys Michelle Bridal and Chris McElgin to explain the logistics of substituting counsel and completing a pending tax sale that, they said, already has a journal entry of judgment. Bridal told commissioners the change can be done quickly: "We file an entry of appearance on behalf of our firm, and we're ready to go," she said, noting the judge had signed a journal entry of judgment on March 4.
Bridal outlined the next…
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