State Bar & Bar Associations
Apr. 18, 2025
Key witness details extortion threats in State Bar trial over LADWP scandal
Disgraced former attorney Paul Paradis testified Thursday in State Bar Court that top officials, including former Chief Deputy City Attorney James Clark, pressured him to quietly pay off a legal assistant threatening to expose a scheme tied to the LADWP billing scandal. The disciplinary trial could lead to Clark's disbarment.
A tale of blackmail and extortion unfolded Thursday in State Bar Court as key witness Paul O. Paradis continued testifying in disciplinary proceedings against former Chief Deputy City Attorney James Clark tied to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power billing scandal.
Paradis, a disbarred and criminally convicted former New York attorney, described attempts to placate Julissa Salgueiro, a former legal assistant to attorney Paul Kiesel. She allegedly threatened to expose a c...
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