A Nebraska town opted to end its contract with Attorney General Kris Kobach's law firm, with the implications of Kobach's private practice work unclear now that he has been elected once again to statewide office.
Kobach is still listed as lead counsel on two cases he brought while working as a private attorney in 2021 at the same time he launched his bid for attorney general. Records show he filed a motion last month to dismiss one of the cases.
Then the Fremont, Nebraska, city council voted 5-3 Tuesday to end its contract with Kobach's law firm, a long-running deal where Kobach was paid a $10,000 per year retainer if the city were sued over an ordinance he helped draft.
That ordinance, which prohibits landlords from renting to undocumented immigrants, was approved by the city's voters in 2010 after years of wrangling. It has been on the books after voters opted not to revoke it in 2014 but has been largely unenforceable.
Kobach helped a number of local governments across the country draft similar measures, only to be retained as legal counsel when they were challenged in court. The thousands in legal fees he has been paid was the subject of media reports and stiff criticism when he ran for governor in 2018.
Fremont, meanwhile, hasn't paid Kobach for his legal services in 2022 and 2021 but recently received a bill for that time period. City council member Sally Ganem, who proposed ending Fremont's contract with Kobach, said she was pushing to do so largely because Kobach...
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