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Large Firms

Jul. 27, 2010

Firm Sued Over Bad Bond Advice

The City of Huntington Park's public financing authority is suing the law firm Best Best & Krieger, alleging legal malpractice for bad municipal bond advice that cost the city $5 million in tax penalties that it cannot afford to pay.

By Anna Scott

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The City of Huntington Park's public financing authority is suing the law firm Best Best & Krieger, alleging legal malpractice for bad municipal bond advice that cost the city $5 million in tax penalties that it cannot afford to pay.

The sum is significant for the largely working-class city with an annual budget of just $28 million, and the loss has "shaken the financial fo...

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