New Albany selects local firm as law director

Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff LLP is to continue to supply legislation services for the town of New Albany pursuing the retirement of Mitch Banchefsky very last yr.

City Council May 17 agreed to retain the services of the company, which furnished solutions on an interim foundation right up until a new regulation director was picked out.

A slate of four corporations used.

Particularly, Ben Albrecht, a partner in the agency, was accomplishing the responsibilities of law director after Banchefsky retired.

Banchefsky produced $148,255 in 2021. Albrecht’s agency was paid $10,000 per thirty day period on an interim foundation and is to be compensated $12,000 a thirty day period starting June 1. That equates to $144,000 annually the deal runs via the conclude of 2023.

“Ben has worked with the city on many authorized concerns in the course of the previous 10 years, including labor negotiations,” City Supervisor Joe Stefanov stated. “His counsel has been incredibly effectively received, and he also performed the capabilities of city legal professional at a high stage on an interim basis.

“Feedback on his operate effectiveness among senior personnel was pretty large,” Stefanov said. “Additionally, his firm is found in New Albany. All of the legislation corporations we interviewed have been incredibly capable, but Ben has established himself to be an asset to our business.”

Banchefsky experienced reported the position “is never ever uninteresting,” one thing with which Albrecht agrees.

“The ‘challenge’ arises in the wide array of queries that appear up on a relatively frequent foundation from throughout all departments in the metropolis,” Albrecht stated.

“However, the ‘challenge’ of assisting metropolis workers to support meet their goals, regardless of the make a difference, is what helps make the chance entertaining and fascinating.”

David Moser, an affiliate at Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff, is to fill in and support as essential. Moser already prosecutes situations on behalf of the metropolis

Metropolis officials had said they viewed as hiring a whole-time city legal professional on workers but thought the contracted lawful assistance was the most price tag-effective and effective process at the time.

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