I do appreciate you acknowledging this error. We can disagree about lots of things but I think it is important to make sure we are all using the same facts. Yes, Floyd earned $150/hr. Merchant also states that Mr. Floyd "billed very little" and "has not billed anything in a while" (3:18-3:50) indicating that he was really not very involved at all, so his pay rate doesn't really seem to be a good comparison to someone hired to be a "case manager".
Again, I don't disagree with you on the premise that they should have been more forthcoming, although I can definitely see why most people are not completely forthcoming about their love lives, especially while getting divorced. I do disagree that Wade's pay was out of line for the job that was contracted(since it was the same rate at another outside prosecutor), that there is any evidence of preferential treatment with his hiring (since she tried to hire multiple firms before and was turned down), nor that Wade spending money on his girlfriend in ways that all men spend money on their girlfriends in any way leads to a "conflict of interest" that would lead to a unfair trial for the defendants. Therefore, disqualifying her on that basis is ridiculous. If Willis lied under oath about accepting some dinners and trips from her boyfriend, or if this violated some clause of her employment, then let the ethics board deal with that (and realize that the rule is being violated my many many other government and non-government employees who date coworkers on a daily basis).