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Civil Litigation

Oct. 2, 2025

Eric George blames Paul Kiesel in bar case against ex-deputy city attorney

Key witness Eric George testified James Clark wasn't involved in a billing lawsuit scheme, instead blaming attorneys Paul Kiesel and Paul Paradis during State Bar proceedings over the 2013 water billing scandal.

Eric George blames Paul Kiesel in bar case against ex-deputy city attorney
Eric M. George of Ellis George LLP

A key witness testified on Wednesday that former Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney James Clark, currently the subject of State Bar disciplinary proceedings related to the disastrous 2013 Los Angeles water billing fiasco, had nothing to do with a scheme by outside counsel to engineer a ratepayer lawsuit that would be favorable to the city.

Eric M. George of Ellis George LLP in Los Angeles, who represented the city starting in 2019, instead implicated his predecessors in the position...

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