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Posted: 2:33 PM Nov 20, 2009
High priced lawyer to handle Georgia's case in Water Wars
Attorney charging $855 per hour to represent Georgia in water wars case.
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ATLANTA (AP) - The new attorney handling Georgia's appeal in the long-running legal battle with Alabama and Florida over water
rights will be paid $855 an hour.
Gov. Sonny Perdue's office said Friday that Seth Waxman's hourly rate is a 10 percent discount off his normal rate of $950 an hour.
Waxman is a former U.S. solicitor general who was tapped this
week to replace Paul Clement after he had to withdraw because of a possible conflict of interest.
Waxman is leading the state's appeal of a federal judge's ruling
in July that concluded it was illegal for Atlanta to draw drinking
water from Lake Lanier, the city's main water supply.
The judge gave Georgia and the other states three years to work out a deal involving the reservoir.
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