Some Lawyers Won't Get Paid This Month Judiciary Avoiding Deficit by Delaying Payments Until July

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SEARSPORT - Two years ago, Aaron Fethke hung his new law degree inside and his shingle outside his office on the main street in this coastal village.

Like a lot of young lawyers before him, the 29-year-old went to the local courthouse, as well as some not so local ones, and added his name to the list of lawyers willing to represent defendants unable to afford attorneys.

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Some Lawyers Won't Get Paid This Month Judiciary Avoiding Deficit by Delaying Payments Until July

"I was drawn to [criminal law] because I like working with people and thinking on my feet," he said earlier this month. "I'm not in a firm because I like owning my own business."

Up until this month, he had gotten just about what he had bargained for - almost enough money to meet his monthly expenses, a lot of courtroom experience and the kind of knowledge that can't be taught in law school. This month, Fethke said that he mos...

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