Government,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Aug. 29, 2019
LA city attorney said he delegated water billing litigation
Los Angeles City Attorney Michael N. Feuer voluntarily sat for a deposition about a month after the FBI searched his office for evidence of bribery, kickbacks and extortion related to a $67 million settlement ensnared in fraud allegations.
Los Angeles City Attorney Michael N. Feuer described himself as an "engaged manager" who delegated to a large team of attorneys overseeing 2,000 cases at any given time.
But the "reprehensible breach of ethics" he said was committed by outside private counsel hired to represent the city's interests in a controversial 2015 water billing settlement slipped passed him, according to Feuer's recent court deposition.
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