JUDGES OK CONTRACT FOR DEFENSE CASES.Byline: Don Holland Staff Writer County judges agreed to a one-year contract with a lawyers' group that has been representing indigent indigent 1) n. a person so poor and needy that he/she cannot provide the necessities of life (food, clothing, decent shelter) for himself/herself. 2) n. one without sufficient income to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case. defendants after the firm cut $500,000 from its bid and pledged to streamline operations. Following a closed-door meeting Wednesday, judges agreed to the $1.8 million contract with Conflict Defense Associates, a group of Ventura lawyers who take on cases the Public Defender's Office is unable to handle. The contract will go before the Ventura County Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. for approval in July. ``The judges have a specific structure in mind that they will be letting CDA (1) (Compact Disc Audio) The compact disc file extension that is seen on the computer in Explorer or some other file manager. CDA files are actually pointers to the locations of the individual tracks on the CD medium. See CD-DA. know how they would like to see their firm (change) within the next year,'' said Robert Sherman, a county program management analyst. ``But I think CDA will be expected to figure out how to get there on their own.'' CDA is assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. criminal cases when the Public Defender's Office represents another client in the same case. The Public Defender's Office may represent only one client per case to avoid a conflict of interest. Another proposal for the work was put forward by a Madera law firm, which bid $1.1 million, excluding capital and special circumstances special circumstances n. in criminal cases, particularly homicides, actions of the accused or the situation under which the crime was committed for which state statutes allow or require imposition of a more severe punishment. cases. Made up of the law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es v.tr. 1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush. 2. its initial bid of $2.3 million and pledged not to seek additional funds as it has in the past. Earlier this year, the Board of Supervisors shelled out an additional $440,000 because of an unanticipated jump in criminal cases referred to CDA. The District Attorney's and Public Defender's offices have also won budget increases. Under the contract, CDA will provide county officials with quarterly fiscal reports and updates on their reorganization and cost-cutting plans. ``I think the judges will expect the contract to be lower next year, once the new structure is achieved,'' Sherman said. The Board of Supervisors is expected to approve funding for the CDA contract on July 13. |
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