LA Fires,
Civil Litigation
Apr. 23, 2025
Former judge is plaintiff and lawyer in suit over fire that wrecked his home
Ex-judge Vijay Gandhi, a plaintiff and lawyer, sues LA for wildfire that destroyed his and U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson's homes.
Former U.S. magistrate judge Vijay "Jay" C. Gandhi has joined Robertson & Associates LLP and Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis LLP in a lawsuit stemming from the January wildfires that destroyed the Pacific Palisades, including his home.
The arrangement is somewhat unusual, because Gandhi, now a mediator with JAMS, will be litigating a case in which he is a plaintiff and lawyer.
Gandhi is not the only current or former judicial officer to lose his home in the ...
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