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Discipline

May 9, 2022

Attorney in LA water bill scandal disbarred in New York

Paul O. Paradis pleaded guilty to bribery in the Central District of California 11 days after seeking a nondisciplinary New York bar resignation on the grounds he had not been arrested or charged with any crime.

Attorney in LA water bill scandal disbarred in New York

Paul O. Paradis, a lawyer who pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge related to a litigation scheme involving the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, has been disbarred by the state of New York after it was found he lied on his application to give up his license.

Paradis, who ran the Manhattan-based Paradis Law Group and now lives in Arizona, wa...

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