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Litigation

Aug. 7, 2013

Toyota judge discloses husband's tie to cases

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lee Smalley Edmon, who is presiding over a ream of Toyota unintended acceleration cases, said her attorney husband is affiliated with another attorney who is liaison counsel in the cases.

By Omar Shamout

Daily Journal Staff Writer


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lee Smalley Edmon, who is presiding over a ream of Toyota unintended acceleration cases, has revealed that her attorney husband is affiliated with another attorney who is liaison counsel in the cases.


In a written order late Friday, Edmon said her spouse,
Richard J. Burdge of The Burdge Law Firm PC, is co-counsel with Gretchen Nelson in a federal matter that was dismissed but is...

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