61.   The case was heard by Judge William L. Osteen Sr. of Federal District Court in Greensboro, a respected jurist who once represented tobacco growers as a private attorney.

62.   The companies also agreed to pay the legal fees of the private attorneys who brought the lawsuits.

63.   The contractor may hire a private attorney or appear without one.

64.   The county would have had to pick up the expense of hiring a private attorney to try the case.

65.   The letter suggests that a pair of private attorneys have set up such a group to lobby for more money for the courts.

66.   The Miami verdict is unrelated to those settlements because the lawsuit was brought by a private attorney representing smokers who live in Florida.

67.   The private attorneys are expected to split their take with any other lawyers, experts or clerical staff they bring into the case.

68.   The system now in place calls for judges to recruit private attorneys when the public defender cites a conflict of interest.

69.   To fill the gap, the city turns to private attorneys.

70.   Tobacco companies, not state taxpayers, will pay Strong and other private attorneys for work they have done, Nixon said.