The Fountain Hills Town Council selected election integrity attorney Jennifer Wright earlier this month as their town attorney on contract.
The town’s previous legal representation resigned after accusations arose regarding their billing practices. Wright previously served as the civil attorney for the Arizona Attorney General’s Election Integrity Unit, and afterwards represented both Kari Lake and Abe Hamadeh in their election challenges.
Fountain Hills Council Member Gayle Earle reviewed the town’s finances after assuming office this year, where he discovered the town may have unnecessarily overpaid $321,154 to Pierce Coleman PLLC by not doing their “due diligence.”
Aaron Arnson, with the Pierce Coleman law firm, quit after Earle brought up the alleged improprieties. Earle discovered that despite the law requiring annual reviews of Pierce Coleman’s contract, it had not been reviewed in 65 months. When she asked Arnson for documentation of those years, he stopped cooperating, she told The Arizona Sun Times.
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