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Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation

May 24, 2021

Lawyer for wildfire plaintiffs draws judicial rebuke

Los Angeles County Judge William F. Highberger postpones Woolsey trial date to Oct. 26 to allow Southern California Edison to settle with plaintiffs via mediation protocol, agreeing program has been a remarkable success in resolving claims

A Los Angeles County judge trying to herd dozens of lawyers representing thousands of plaintiffs in a sprawling wildfire litigation ordered one of the more outspoken plaintiffs lawyers to personally apologize to a defense attorney for an "ad hominem" attack, and warned him that he could end up like disgraced trial lawyer Tom Girardi.

Gerald B. Singleton has been especially vocal in objecting to a protocol Southern California Edison C...

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