State Bar & Bar Associations
Apr. 30, 2025
Ex-deputy city attorney defends water billing strategy
James Clark defends "toll and dismiss" plan in State Bar hearing over Los Angeles utility billing scandal, risking disbarment.
Former Los Angeles deputy city attorney James Clark defended a legal maneuver designed to shield the city from blame over faulty utility billing software as he defended himself in during State Bar disciplinary proceedings Tuesday.
He is accused of engineering a sham lawsuit to limit the city's financial liability in the Department of Water and Power billing scandal and faces punishment up to disbarment.
Called to the witness stand by the State Bar prosecutors, Clark t...
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