Government,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Dec. 4, 2019
Lawyer back-dated retainer after settlement of LA water billing case
Documents lodged Monday by new plaintiffs’ class counsel Brian S. Kabateck after a months-long court battle shed further light on how attorneys misled the case’s named plaintiff.
An attorney accused of defrauding a class of ratepayers in a multi-million-dollar Los Angeles Department of Water and Power settlement had his client sign a back-dated retainer agreement after the case settled, according to newly-released documents lodged with the superior court.
The documents, lodged Monday by new plaintiffs' class counsel Brian S. Kabateck after a months-long court battle, shed further light on how attorneys misled...
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