Whether taxpayers will have to foot Geauga County Juvenile/Probate Court Judge Tim Grendell’s legal fees remains unresolved after the Eleventh District Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 2 that Geauga County Commissioners and Geauga County Prosecutor Jim Flaiz must jointly apply to the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas for the appointment of outside legal counsel for Grendell.
Whether taxpayers will have to foot Geauga County Juvenile/Probate Court Judge Tim Grendell’s legal fees remains unresolved after the Eleventh District Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 2 that Geauga County Commissioners and Geauga County Prosecutor Jim Flaiz must jointly apply to the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas for the appointment of outside legal counsel for Grendell. “(Grendell) has not established a clear legal right to the appointment of outside counsel or to the approval and payment of outside counsel’s fees and expenses,” the opinion said. “Rather, upon the filing of the joint application, the common pleas court, in its...
