It’s easy to be the king but it can be very hard to be a Guilford County attorney – or any city or county attorney for that matter – because you have many bosses who often disagree about how things should be handled and you need to keep a majority of them pleased.
The job is so hard in fact that, about 15 years ago, Guilford County ran through six county attorneys in a single year. Then they got lucky and hired former Guilford County Attorney Mark Payne, who had a very long run with the county. More recently Guilford County’s latest attorney got hired away by Charlotte and, on Friday, Jan. 30, the Board of Commissioners hired a new county attorney.
In October of 2025, Guilford County announced that Andrea Leslie-Fite accepted the position of City Attorney for the City of Charlotte, with her last day in Guilford County being Halloween, 2025…