Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein can answer his own phone and schedule his own appointments, thank you very much.
Instead of spending public money for a secretary, he has steered the funds toward the hiring of another attorney.
The Broward County, Fla., public defender's office just added nine attorneys and aims to bring on nine more within weeks. The State Attorney's Office is also adding 32 attorneys. But both face high turnover pressures. New hires often don't stay for more than three years because they make a fraction of what first-year associates make in the private sector and have the same law school debt. But a solution is in the works. "Justice is not something to do on the cheap," says Public Defender Howard Finkelstein.
September 22, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein can answer his own phone and schedule his own appointments, thank you very much.
Instead of spending public money for a secretary, he has steered the funds toward the hiring of another attorney.
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