Breadcrumbs
Home / WV: GOP AG Candidate Takes On Dem McGraw’s Outside AttorneysWV: GOP AG Candidate Takes On Dem McGraw’s Outside Attorneys
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 September 2008 11:05 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 16 September 2008 11:05
From the Charleston Gazette:
During a Monday appearance before Gazette editors, Republican attorney general candidate Dan Greear said if elected, he would seek legislation spelling out when and how outside legal counsel should be hired by the attorney general’s office.
“Right now, there’s no transparency, no public input in hiring outside attorneys,” said Greear. “No legal justification is needed to hire them, and political donors often seem to be the attorneys who are hired.”
Greear, 39, who edged out Hiram Lewis to win the Republican nomination, said it should also be up to the Legislature, not the attorney general’s office, to decide how funds from class-action settlements are distributed.