New York City has sharply criticized a suit brought by five bar associations in June as “an assault” against its indigent defense system undertaken “in a hope to protect the pecuniary interests of their members.”

The city’s challenge came in response to litigation by bar groups that seeks to block a city plan to take away most “conflict” cases currently handled by private practitioners and shift them to institutional providers, such as the Legal Aid Society.

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