Program Descriptions
Insurance Defense Litigation
Provides legal defense for cases involving Montgomery County and 14 local government Self-Insurance Fund participants (including the Montgomery County Board of Education, City of Rockville, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Montgomery College, and the Housing Opportunities Commission) and all of their employees. The attorneys appear regularly before State and...
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The attorneys in this division act as counsel and give legal advice to the Department of Health and Human Services. The attorneys represent Child Welfare Services in the Juvenile Court, in cases involving child abuse and child neglect, and Aging and Disability Services in the Circuit Court, in adult guardianship...
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Acts as counsel and provides legal advice to the County Executive, County Council, and to several County departments, agencies, boards, and commissions. The Division represents the County Government in tax and procurement matters before State, Federal, and local administrative agencies and courts; drafts and reviews agreements, legislation, regulations, and other...
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Attorneys act as counsel and give legal advice to the following agencies: Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, Ethics Commission, Board of Investment Trustees, Office of Human Resources, Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, Office of Public Information, Department of Transportation (Transit Services Division, Taxicab Unit), Human Rights Commission, Board of...
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Represents and advises the County Executive, the County Council, and various County departments, including the Department of General Services, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and Community Affairs, and the Department of Public Libraries. Represents and advises agencies and commissions, including the Historic Preservation Commission, the Revenue Authority,...
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Provide administrative, research, and technical guidance and support to divisions within the Department. Allows for an equitable distribution of work assignments, to cross-train staff, and to evaluate fairly the performance of the staff. Provides administrative support to the Risk Management Fund, and revenue support to the Risk Management Fund, Revenue...
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Provides internal personnel, financial, and operational management for the Office of the County Attorney....
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Drafts and reviews County and State legislation; represents the County in legal challenges to its legislative acts; drafts and coordinates formal legal advice given by the Office of the County Attorney; provides legal assistance to the Office of Management and Budget, Ethics Commission, Office of the Inspector General, and the...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY18 | Actual FY19 | Estimated FY20 | Target FY21 | Target FY22 |
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Debt collection ($000) | $17,889 | $11,693 | $14,799 | $14,799 | $14,799 |
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Litigation...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY18 | Actual FY19 | Estimated FY20 | Target FY21 | Target FY22 |
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Total number of settlements | 19 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Number of workers' compensation hearings 1 | 2,055 | 1880 | 1945 | 1945 | 1945 |
Code Citations processed | 4,933 | 6,253 | 4,912 | 4,912 | 4,912 |
Ratio amount paid by County vs. amount demanded by the plaintiff | 0.014 | 0.000 | 0.071 | 0.071 | 0.071 |
Total paid to plaintiff by the County ($000) | $91.8 | $0 | $61.9 | $61.9 | $61.9 |
Self-insurance fund litigation: Win/loss ratio | 86% | 100% | 94% | 94% | 94% |
Code enforcement collected ($000) | $578 | $656 | $595 | $595 | $595 |
Number of judgments in County's favor | 44 | 30 | 39 | 39 | 39 |
Number of judgments paid | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Last settlement amount demanded by plaintiff ($000) | $658,906 | 83,184 | 262,985 | 262,985 | 262,985 |
Worker's compensation cases: Total net gain to the County ($000) | 2,584 | 2,960 | 2575 | 2,947 | 2,947 |
Code enforcement - Win/loss ratio | 99.2% | 99.38% | 99.08% | 99.08% | 99.08% |
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General Counsel...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY18 | Actual FY19 | Estimated FY20 | Target FY21 | Target FY22 |
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Appeals lost | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Appeals won | 13 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Forfeitures collected ($000) | $286.00 | $384.68 | $296.14 | $296.14 | $296.14 |
Number of adoptions granted | 19 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Number of children in need of assistance (CINA) or guardianship hearings | 2,618 | 2,465 | 2,613 | 2,613 | 2,613 |
Number of new CINA petitions filed | 193 | 183 | 182 | 182 | 182 |
Number of new termination of parental rights (TPR) petitions filed 1 | 22 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
Number of termination of parents rights (TPR's) granted 2 | 32 | 19 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Debt collection - cost/revenue ratio 3 | 2.7% | 4.1% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
Percent of appeals in the Appellate Court won | 87.00% | 96.00% | 93.00% | 93% | 93% |
Child welfare litigation - ratio of termination of parental rights (TPR) and child in need of assistance (CINA) adjudicated granted or denied | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.5% |
Debt collection - collected/total referred ratio | 191.0% | 139.5% | 173% | 173% | 173% |
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NEW440-Administration...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY18 | Actual FY19 | Estimated FY20 | Target FY21 | Target FY22 |
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Overall average rating from Internal Customer Satisfaction Survey | 3.39 | 3.38 | 3.39 | 3.39 | 3.39 |
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