According to WPRI.com reporter Dan McGow, the landmark pension reform settlement reached between the Providence police, fire, and public employee unions cost the city nearly $1 million in lawyer fees over the last two fiscal years, WPRI.com has learned.
The majority of legal fees paid out by the city went to William Dolan, the Brown-Rudnick lawyer who helped negotiate the deal on behalf of the city. Mr. Dolan is the same lawyer that the city of Cranston has retained regarding our proposed pension settlement.
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