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Government

Apr. 5, 2011

City of Bell Faces High Legal Bills

The scandal-plagued, financially stricken Los Angeles suburb of Bell has been billed more than $1.2 million in a five-month span by a law firm who partner is serving as its interim city attorney, the Daily Journal has learned.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The scandal-plagued, financially stricken Los Angeles suburb of Bell was billed more than $1.2 million in a five-month span by the law firm whose partner serves as its interim city attorney.


Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson PLC billed the city of Bell for litigation and city attorney advisory services, as well as legal work directly related to the corruption investigation into several Bell offi...

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