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Labor/Employment,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Mar. 27, 2023

Prosecutor says he’s better than Boudin

Thomas Ostly, a former assistant district attorney, is suing San Francisco for allegedly inappropriately firing him.

A former assistant district attorney suing San Francisco for allegedly inappropriately firing him argued he is a much better lawyer than former District Attorney Chesa Boudin, the man who terminated him, in a retort to the city’s attempt to dismiss his complaint.

Plaintiff Thomas “Ostly and Boudin were opposing counsel on several cases before Boudin became DA, all of which demonstrated Ostly’s competency and Boudin’s lack thereof in their...

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