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Municipal Lawyers

Dec. 7, 2011

James M. Casso


Casso, city attorney for La Puente since April 2001, has dealt with a myriad of challenging issues in his various municipal representations, but one challenge in particular stands above the rest.


In August 2010, he was hired to serve the city of Bell as interim city attorney and to assist in the corruption investigations of members of Bell's former administration. A month later, eight Bell officials, including former city manager Robert Rizzo, former Mayor O...

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