Government
Aug. 20, 2013
Private defense attorneys to get paid less due to government cutbacks
Private attorneys who defend indigent clients will have to work for less pay starting Sept. 1, the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States decided last week.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Private attorneys who defend indigent clients will have to work for less pay starting Sept. 1, the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States decided last week.
The upshot is that federal public defender offices that were facing 23 percent budget cuts across the country will now only have a 10 percent shortfall.
"The reaction so far of panel members is a sen...
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