‘We've Lost 92 Lawyers': Miami-Dade State Attorney Says Rent Hikes Pricing Out Prosecutors & Public Defenders

By Joe Gorchow, CBS Miami

April 8, 2022

At the 11th Judicial Circuit, the rent hikes over the last year in Miami-Dade County priced lawyers and support staff out of homes in need to find higher-paying jobs.

“In one year, we’ve lost 92 lawyers,” said State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle. “Imagine the impact of that.”

Rundle sees firsthand how inflation led some lawyers out of her office to find new work to pay the rent.

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