Lawyer - News

GOP legislative leaders want former Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr to handle a U.S. Supreme Court appeal in a legal battle over Arizona's instruction of students learning English but there's been a snag. The Department of Administration has decided it will pay Starr up to $335 an hour, the state's regular rate for paying outside lawyers for complex appellate cases. That's about a third of Starr's $910-an-hour billing rate. Said one Republican of the roadblock, "I'm kind of perplexed."

This entry was posted on Friday, July 18th, 2008 at 2:24 pm and is filed under Lawyer - News.