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Oct. 28, 2025

Sanctions request filed against Lewis Brisbois in mansion dispute

A Los Angeles judge denied intervention and reconsideration motions by an attorney accused of discovery fraud, prompting the plaintiffs to file sanctions against Lewis Brisbois for filing allegedly baseless motions on behalf of their attorney client.

A dispute over alleged noisy businesses operating in a Beverly Hills mansion escalated Monday into a sanctions motion against Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, counsel for an attorney who sought to intervene in her former clients' case to defend herself against allegations of discovery fraud.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Whitaker formally rejected both the motion to intervene and a related motion to reconsider his earlier ruling that an email sent by the att...

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