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State paying $77,000 to private lawyers for defending AZ law
Copyright (c) 2010 The E.W. Scripps Company
Posted: 07/16/2010
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By: Associated Press
PHOENIX - The state is paying approximately $77,000 to private lawyers for the first 12 days of work defending Arizona's new immigration enforcement law.
An invoice obtained Friday by The Associated Press through a public records request says attorneys for the Phoenix law firm of Snell & Wilmet billed for 240.8 hours of work from May 20-30.
Brewer refused to allow Attorney General Terry Goddard participate in the state's defense of the law. Instead, she invoked a provision of the law that allowed her to hire private lawyers.
The governor set up a fund for donations to pay for the legal work, and Brewer's office reports that it had received contributions more than $1.2 million by Thursday.
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