Government,
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Bankruptcy
Jul. 13, 2020
Creditors fear attorney may plead Fifth in bankruptcy, too
Paul Paradis, once counsel to the city, was awarded millions in no-bid contracts through his company to fix billing issues, but refused to answer any questions during a deposition about the matter.
Will a key figure in the Los Angeles Department of Water And Power ratepayer debacle plead the Fifth Amendment again, this time during his bankruptcy proceeding?
That was the concern expressed by a bankruptcy judge in Arizona during a Chapter 11 hearing involving Paul O. Paradis, a New York attorney who resigned as private counsel for the Los Angeles City Attorney's office after questions of collusion and fraud arose involving settl...
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