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Court hires outside counsel for pending civil action; recesses to executive session to discuss litigation and funding DA representation
Summary
The court engaged Howie, Breen & Herman to represent Williamson County in a civil action involving multiple named plaintiffs and defendants, then recessed to executive session under Texas Government Code §551.071 to discuss attorney-client matters and the potential funding of legal services for the elected district attorney (referred to in the transcript as Sean ****) and an assistant DA (Michael Wallman).
The commissioners approved an engagement with the law firm Howie, Breen & Herman to represent Williamson County in the case captioned in the agenda (involving plaintiffs Jason Nassour and Robert Chody and multiple defendants). The court recorded the action as county representation and said outside counsel would provide litigation and non-litigation advice to the county and its employees.
Following that approval, the presiding officer announced the court would adjourn to executive session under Texas Government Code §551.071 to discuss confidential attorney-client matters (items 46 a–d) and item 52 concerning funding legal services and the county's stake in litigation. The transcript shows the court planned to discuss the appropriateness of representing the elected district attorney (named in the transcript as Sean ****) versus county interests; no formal action on item 52 was taken when the court returned from executive session.
