CUMBERLAND COUNTY HIRES HEAD OF NEW LEGAL DEPARTMENT

The Cumberland County Board of Freeholders voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve the new Department of Law and appoint it’s director. Theodore Baker, of Pittsgrove Township and a partner in a Bridgeton law firm, was chosen as the first director of the county’s new legal department. Baker will be paid $125,000 per year through December 15, 2015, for his legal services. Cumberland County officials say the new legal department should save the county about $200,000 in annual legal fees by handling cases in-house.