Lawyer Pay
Will Florida’s Top-Paid County Attorney Get a Raise?
Posted Nov 21, 2008, 10:46 am CST
By Martha Neil
Attorney Robert Cuevas already is the highest-paid county attorney in Florida.
But some Miami-Dade commissioners are trying to give him a 9 percent raise, which would increase his salary from $290,721 to $319,000 annually, reports the Miami Herald.
They also want to give the 38-year county veteran and his family medical and dental coverage.
An effort to vote in the pay raise late last night as lengthy meeting was ending failed, however--thanks to legal advice Cuevas provided to Commissioner Carlos Gimenez. Asked by Gimenez if the pay-raise proposal qualified for a procedural objection, due to the fact it hadn't been put through a standard committee process or listed for at least four days on a public agenda,… Continue reading...
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