Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services
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PublishedApril 19, 2022
Pleas for help for legal services for low-income Mainers appear to be gaining little traction in the Legislature
None of the legislative proposals introduced this year to improve the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services made it into a supplemental budget passed by the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee last week.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2022
‘How much of this am I supposed to take?’: Low morale and pay are driving attorneys from indigent legal services
About 150 attorneys have stopped taking court appointments since December 2020.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2022
Our View: Don’t wait to fix Maine’s indigent defense
A lawsuit alleges what many observers of our system for hiring lawyers for the poor have found: The system is broken.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2021
Attorney general sues Maine lawyer for ‘negligent misrepresentation’ of billing
State officials filed a civil lawsuit against Fairfield & Associates and managing attorney Amy Fairfield over billing practices.
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