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Government

Jul. 1, 2011

Newport Beach City Attorney Resigns Amid Budget Woes

Newport Beach City Attorney David R. Hunt is resigning rather than cut his staff in half and farm the work out to private law firms


By Ben Adlin


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Newport Beach City Attorney David R. Hunt is resigning rather than cut his staff in half and farm the work out to private law firms.


"The council made a decision to go with a paradigm for having legal services with the city that I'm simply not professionally interested in performing," Hunt said. "They want to go to a predominantly contracted-out office, and I prefer to be hands-on.&quo...

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