In the wake of the Nutter administration’s failed bid to appoint a firm to act as conflict counsel, lawyers and city officials gathered before Philadelphia City Council’s Law and Government Committee on Tuesday to discuss new legislation that would affect the city’s plan to establish a conflict counsel entity.
The hearing centered on three bills put forth by Councilman Dennis O’Brien and co-sponsored by committee Chairman William Greenlee focusing on the city’s request for proposals to set up an agency to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases where the Public Defender’s Office has a conflict.
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