Opinion No.

The Honorable Wanda Northcutt State Representative P.O. Box 350 Stuttgart, Arkansas 72160-0350

Dear Representative Northcutt:

This is in response to your request for an opinion, on behalf of Alderman Bill W. Fly, concerning the selection of a city attorney for DeWitt. You have enclosed a letter from Alderman Fly in which he sets forth the factual basis for this request, a summary of which is provided below.

Alderman Fly indicates that, in the Fall of 1992, the elected city attorney for DeWitt resigned due to a conflict of interest. Specifically, this conflict pertained to the fact that the law…