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Government,
Criminal

Jan. 16, 2025

Disbarred attorney granted compassionate release

Paul O. Paradis, a disbarred attorney involved in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power litigation scandal, has been granted compassionate release after serving 12 months of a 33-month sentence. Paradis, recovering from surgery to remove a brain tumor, had been instrumental in aiding FBI and State Bar investigations into others implicated in the corruption.

A disbarred attorney who admitted his role in corrupt litigation that stemmed from a faulty water billing scandal in Los Angeles will soon be released from prison to serve the rest of his sentence at home while he recovers from surgery to remove a brain tumor, his counsel said on Wednesday.

"We are thrilled at the court's order granting [Paul O. Paradis'] compassionate relief. We are happy that the government eventually dropped its opposition. It was unfortunate that ...

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