After the Georgia Supreme Court declined to hear its appeal last month, Fulton County has paid about $4.8 million to settle claims by 23 current and former law clerks for the judges of the Fulton County State and Superior Courts.
The payment ends most of an eight-year dispute over a since-discontinued program under which lawyers for the county attorney’s office were paid more than the judges’ attorneys were paid. The sum includes more than $1 million in accrued interest, and almost $95,000 in attorney fees.
