Labor/Employment
Dec. 16, 2025
OC prosecutor awarded $1.5M in fees, county exposure hits $4.5M
A judge awarded more than $1.5 million in attorneys' fees to former Orange County Deputy District Attorney Tracy Miller, increasing the county's total exposure to roughly $4.5 million in the first case to reach judgment among multiple lawsuits alleging sexual harassment and retaliation in the district attorney's office.
A judge on Friday awarded more than $1.5 million in attorneys' fees to former Orange County Deputy District Attorney Tracy Miller, pushing the county's total financial exposure in her civil rights case to approximately $4.5 million.
The fee award supplements a $3 million jury verdict Miller secured in June, when a San Diego jury found that District Attorney Todd Spitzer and Judge Shawn Nelson -- then Spitzer's chief deputy -- harassed and retaliated against her after s...
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