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Case Study: Steuben County

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STEUBEN COUNTY (WENY) - Two new positions will be added to the Steuben County payroll next year but will save the county ROUGHLY $137,000. Monday, the Steuben County Legislature passed a law to set up an Office of Conflicts Defender. Essentially the new office will help out the county's Public Defenders Office. For example, in a case that involves more than one person that qualifies for a public defender such as witnesses, co-defendants, victims or previous clients, one defendant will be assigned a public defender and the other person or persons goes to the Assigned Counsel Administrator. The Administrator then assigns the other person to a local independent attorney. The county pays the attorney at the rate of $75 an hour. County Manager,

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