The 10 highest-paid court-appointed attorneys in Harris County all pocketed more than...
that attorneys can reasonably handle at most 128 felonies in a year – less than half of Graves’ caseload. But Graves said that many of his cases had actually been pending for several years due to Hurricane Harvey and the pandemic.
Andrews’ earnings on just a few dozen cases are an example of an issue that has long plagued Harris and other counties: The taxpayer burden of capital murder cases, which can lead to the death penalty. A single case can cost millions to prosecute and defend, and hundreds of those cases are pending in Houston right now.
Godinich did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Silverman and other defense attorneys described him as hardworking and diligent. The largest share of Desai’s earnings came from work on 168 felony cases assigned by Judge Nikita Harmon, who declined to comment. An additional 79 of her cases came from Johnson.
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