Chicago spends as much money on private law firms to defend mostly police misconduct cases as it does on funding its own Law Department, records show.
In recent years, records show the city of Chicago is spending as much money on outside law firms to defend mostly police misconduct cases as it is on funding its own law department.
"I would rather have a bone crushing hug from my brother than any money or anything," said sister Angelica Nieves. Through a public records request, the I-Team found that over the past five years Chicago forked over about $40 million a year to private firms instead of hiring more in-house attorneys who would make significantly less money as public employees. We calculated that the entire Law Department budget is about the same as the total amount the city spends annually on outside law firms.
"I was working on that big time with the city council members because it would save the city $40 to $50 million a year," said Flessner.
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