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Civil Rights

Dec. 17, 2016

In about 18 months, attorney has made suing municipalities his niche

Kevin Shenkman's lawsuits seek to force jurisdictions to comply with the 2001 California Voting Rights Act by electing their officials through districts that are based on population demographics.

By Meghann M. Cuniff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Kevin I. Shenkman had a background in patent law when he decided to take on the city of Palmdale for failing to comply with a decade-old California voting rights law.

Now, nearly 18 months after that lawsuit gained him $4.5 million in attorney fees, his firm Shenkman & Hughes PC in Malibu, is at the forefront of a cottage industry that some opposing litigators have described as excessi...

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