Former Utah Attorney General John Swallow’s efforts to get the state to pay his legal fees — after being acquitted of all charges in one of Utah’s biggest political scandals — will move forward.
Third District Judge Andrew Stone on Monday threw out the state’s motion to dismiss Swallow’s lawsuit, in which he asks the Utah government to pay nearly $1.6 million, the costs amassed by the team of lawyers that defended Swallow for five years.
The ruling not to dismiss “means the case is ongoing,” said Samuel Alba, one of Swallow’s attorneys, Tuesday.
According to Swallow’s lawsuit, the former AG first hired a lawyer in 2012, when state and federal authorities started investigating him.