The Nueces County Attorney's Office has retained two law firms to handle employment matters following a months-long criminal probe into the medical examiner's office that has resulted in three arrests.
County Attorney Jenny Dorsey last week said her office has retained Corpus Christi attorney Tonya Webber of Porter, Rogers, Dahlman & Gordon and San Antonio law firm Branscomb Law to handle such matters.
Dorsey said her office hired Webber for guidance on issues that could arise with the exit of the previous chief medical examiner, Dr. Adel Shaker, who resigned after he was arrested in April.
Shaker had retained Chris Gale, of Gale Law Group, to represent him. However, Gale notified the county attorney on Wednesday that he was no longer representing Shaker.
Shaker has retained Austin-based Kaplan Law Firm, according to a county attorney's office letter responding to a Caller-Times open records request.
Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales said Webber is assisting with the transition to the new chief medical examiner whom county commissioners selected last month.
Dr. Timothy Fagen, an Austin pathologist who is currently employed by the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office, could take the reins of the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office on July 18.
Branscomb Law was hired to review employment practices at the county more generally, Dorsey said.
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