State Bar & Bar Associations
Mar. 8, 2024
Bar charges LA lawyer with collusion in water billing case
The charges allege that Michael Libman collaborated with opposing counsel to push through a settlement that benefited the city. Libman denounced the charges and stated that he will be vindicated in a fair trial.
A Los Angeles attorney colluded with counsel for the city and the Department of Water and Power to engineer a favorable settlement in a major class action lawsuit over faulty billing by the utility, new charges from the State Bar Court claim.
The notice of disciplinary charges filed on Wednesday claims that class counsel Michael J. Libman of Tarzana collaborated with opposing counsel to push through a settlement that would benefit the cit...
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