The Luzerne County Ethics Commission hired a second enforcement attorney on Wednesday, leaving only one vacancy.

Under the county council-adopted ethics code, complaints must be opened and initially reviewed by an outside enforcement attorney contracted by the commission. The code requires a panel of three attorneys, with cases assigned on a rotating basis as an added check and balance. However, the three-attorney requirement is often unmet due to recruitment challenges, commission members have said.

Commission members agreed to step up advertising after Attorney Qiana Murphy Lehman, the lone attorney, resigned in May. Murphy Lehman expressed an interest in returning and was reappointed in September.

Two more applicants submitted proposals — Attorney Nesta N. Johnson, principal of Nesta

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