"Panel discussion focused on the importance of the applicants having direct experience handling Voting Rights Act cases and compliance issues. One panelist expressed concern over various conflict-of-interest issues that presented themselves with some of the attorneys in the firms being considered.
In particular, one member of the panel was particularly uneasy about one attorney who had participated in Texas’s mid-decade redistricting during the 2000 cycle, explaining that it presents a “trust” issue."
California Redistricting Panel Selects Candidates to Interview for Voting Rights Act Counsel Position
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