County Hiring New Corporate Counsel

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The Berrien County Board of Commissioners is moving to hire a new county attorney. On Thursday, the board interviewed two candidates, Geoffrey Fields and Thaddeus Hackworth. Fields has experience working with the city of Benton Harbor on the establishment of Harbor Shores, while Hackworth is originally from St. Joseph and has done a variety of legal work in New York and Washington, D.C. The board chose Hackworth. It instructed County Administrator Brian Dissette and staff to begin working on a new contract with the new county corporate counsel.