The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ordered Adams County to pay the legal expenses of its elected treasurer, who it sued nearly a year ago over allegations that she mismanaged her office.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ordered Adams County to pay the legal expenses of its elected treasurer, who itThe state’s high court called Adams County’s failure to cover Lisa Culpepper’s costs of defending herself against the county’s lawsuit an “abuse of discretion.” The justices also cited an Adams County judge who upheld the county’s decision to not appropriate funds for her defense.
Adams County covered her legal bills for about four months before halting payment in April. On Aug. 1, Adams County District Judge Mark Warner issued a ruling saying he’d “decline to specifically order payment of attorney fees at this time.” J. Kirk McGill, an attorney with law firm Hall Estill, which is representing Culpepper, told The Denver Post in August that unpaid legal bills in the convoluted case
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