Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Apr. 15, 2024
Judge weighs role in unsealing documents in LA water billing scandal
The documents relate to accusations made by a disbarred attorney, Paul Paradis, who accused former city attorney Mike Feuer of lying to a federal grand jury. The court must balance the public interest with the integrity of the grand jury proceedings.
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge on Friday raised procedural concerns about the court’s role in potentially unsealing FBI documents related to a scandal over litigation that stemmed from a faulty water billing system and an alleged cover-up scheme conducted by attorneys working under former city attorney Mike Feuer.
The question of whether the details of those documents should be publicly released stem from accusations by Paul Paradis – a dis...