Invoices show Brennan’s firm, Brennan & Associates, billed the Norfolk district attorney’s office $566,000 between September 2024 and the trial's conclusion last month.

Hank Brennan, the special prosecutor in Karen Read's second trial, was paid more than half a million dollars in legal fees alone.

Special prosecutor Hank Brennan was paid $566,000 for Karen Read's retrial, sparking criticism from Norfolk DA candidates over taxpayer costs and office priorities.