The state Council of State Court Judges is paying $5,000 to each of two Atlanta law firms challenging the authority of the state judicial watchdog agency, which has retained a former chief justice of the state Supreme Court to advocate its position free of charge.
The Judicial Qualifications Commission will, however, pay former Chief Justice Norman Fletcher’s expenses and also pay his law partner $275 per hour to work on the cases, which are set for oral argument before the high court Nov. 2.
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