The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has retained former Georgia congressman Bob Barr in an attempt to derail the dispute resolution process with county administrators.
Barr will analyze information about the county disputes and write opinions for Sheriff Joe Arpaio's attorneys.
Mediation lawyer Ken Feinberg will hear county administrators' legal claims against Arpaio and could potentially offer to settle them for a fraction of the price of going to court and paying jury verdicts.
The Sheriff's Office claims the county has set up a process to skirt the legal system, allowing them to pay supervisors and other county employees hundreds of thousands of dollars at taxpayer expense.
Feinberg settled victims claims stemming from the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Barr is a former federal prosecutor who built a national following in the 1990s for aggressively pursuing then-President Bill Clinton's impeachment.
DataMan posted at 10:04 am on Thu, Jul 8, 2010.
Who is paying for this "special" out of state lawyer for Arpaio? Considering that Arpaio doesn't even have the legal standing to get involved with this, as it is up to the County leadership, and MCSO is no more than a department within the county.
I hope this is being paid 100% out of Arpaio's own pocket!
stan000 posted at 12:33 pm on Thu, Jul 8, 2010.
Better to pay for a good lawyer than let the crooks award themselves huge bonuses via these bogus claims.