Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Grits for Breakfast

Criminal Law

: Grits for Breakfast

Top Dallas public defender fired

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price took some cheap shots at head public defender Brad Lollar as the latter man resigned today. According to the Dallas News, "The Public Defender's Office is not a retirement home for lawyers who don't want to work," Mr. Price said. "You can't treat it as if it's a part-time job."Hmmmm. Price had better have the goods to back up those charges because he's running out a pretty widely respected PD chief in Brad Lollar.Besides a general complaint that PD's don't work hard enough, Price had few other suggestions for the office except to hire Lynn Richardson as Lollar's replacement. Price had championed Richardson earlier for Lollar's post but she didn't get it. Now he's strong-armed her into the top slot...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).