Setting salaries for deputy lawyers and law clerks

A. The corporation counsel and the prosecuting attorney have sole discretion to set the annual salary of each deputy in their respective departments within a range that is 20 percent greater or less than the allocated amount, provided that the annual salary of any deputy must not exceed the salary of the first deputy corporation counsel or the first deputy prosecuting attorney, whichever is lower. The allocated amount for a deputy depends upon the number of full years that has elapsed since the deputy was admitted to the practice of law in any state or the District of Columbia, as of the beginning of the fiscal year, as follows: Effective July 1, 2025 Years Allocated Amount 0 $122,315 1 130,122 2 138,428 3 147,263 4 156,663 5 166,663 6 177,301 7 188,618 8 200,658 9+ 213,466     B. The corporation counsel and the prosecuting attorney may appoint law school graduates as law clerks in their respective departments, when necessary to temporarily fill a vacant deputy's position. They shall have sole discretion to set the annual salary of each law clerk in their respective departments; provided, however, that the appointment shall not exceed the time necessary to obtain the results of two consecutive bar examinations. The salary of the law clerk shall not equal or exceed the lowest authorized salary for a deputy's position as indicated in the foregoing paragraph. C. Within nine months after the beginning of each term of the County council, or when the salary commission adjusts the salary of the corporation counsel or the prosecuting attorney, the corporation counsel and the prosecuting attorney shall transmit to the County council their recommendations regarding the salary plans for deputies in their respective departments. The corporation counsel and the prosecuting attorney may submit recommendations jointly or separately. ( Ord. No. 5822 , § 1, 2025; Ord. No. 5398 , § 1, 2022; Ord. No. 5097 , § 1, 2020; Ord. No. 4980 , § 1, 2019; Ord. No. 4452, § 1, 2017 ; Ord. No. 4071, § 1, 2013; Ord. 3566 § 1, 2008; Ord. 3456 § 1, 2007; Ord. 3382 § 1, 2006; Ord. 3342 § 1, 2005; Ord. 3283 § 1, 2005; Ord. 3190 § 1, 2004: Ord. 2869 § 1, 2000: Ord. 2571 § 1, 1997: Ord. 2116 § 1, 1992: Ord. 2019 § 1, 1991: Ord. 1978 § 1, 1990: Ord. 1919 § 3, 1990)