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Labor/Employment,
Government

Dec. 2, 2022

LA DA’s demoted chief of staff latest to sue, claims retaliation

The plaintiff, Assistant D.A. Victoria L. Adams “has been banished onto an island where she has no meaningful work to perform, no supervisory responsibility and no work-related communication with anyone in the office except her secretary,” wrote Gregory W. Smith and Diana Wang Wells of the Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith LLP in Beverly Hills.

A former chief of staff for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a new lawsuit that he demoted her in retaliation for disagreeing with his policies.

The complaint against the county and the DA filed Tuesday by Gregory W. Smith and Diana Wang Wells of the Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith LLP in Beverly Hills is one of several by current and former prosecutors accusing Gascón of retaliation for their opposition to what ...

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