Dayton attorney highest-paid in Ohio for court appointments (Dayton Daily News)

6 March 2010, 5:54 pm

DAYTON — Attorney Ben Swift billed area courts for indigent defense work an average of nine hours a day, seven days a week for 365 days straight.Raking in $142,945 in appointed counsel fees between March 2008 and February 2009, Swift ranks No. 1 in the state for representing people who cannot afford to hire a lawyer on their own, according to billing records kept by the Ohio Public Defender’s ...... Read More »

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