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Civil Litigation

Dec. 21, 2021

Changing lawyers is costly, DWP is warned

City Attorney Mike Feuer said Monday he won’t stop the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power from removing his office and private attorneys he hired from an overbilling lawsuit at the center of a wide-ranging litigation scandal still plaguing his office.

City Attorney Mike Feuer said he won't stop the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power from removing his office and private attorneys he hired from an overbilling lawsuit at the center of a wide-ranging litigation scandal still plaguing his office.

Citing a conflict of interest in a letter to Feuer's office last week, the utility board's president, Cynthia McClain-Hill, asked him to remove three city attorneys and private outside counse...

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