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Brooks County hires its own county attorney for opioid suit, law prohibits paying fees to salaried officers

By David Yates | Wednesday, May 29, 2019 @ 12:49pm

SOUTH TEXAS – David Garcia, the county attorney for Brooks County, signed a contingency fee agreement with his employer to represent the county in an opioid lawsuit – a relationship that seemingly comes into conflict with the Texas Local Government Code.
Opioid lawyers pumped $110K into LaHood’s campaign after Bexar County DA hired them

By David Yates | Thursday, Apr 12, 2018 @ 9:23am

SAN ANTONIO – Although he lost in the Democratic Primary last month, Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood had his campaign bolstered with $110,000 in contributions from lawyers he hired to represent the county in an opioid lawsuit.