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Information about Richard I. Fine
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Monday, November 5, 2007
Chick Denies Conspiring Against Attorney Richard Fine
By a MetNews Staff Writer
Los Angeles City Controller Laura Chick denied Friday that she had any involvement in State Bar Court proceedings that have resulted in a recommendation that a Beverly Hills attorney Richard I. Fine.
Fine's allegations that he was targeted, in part, because Chick, a public member of the State Bar Board of Governors, has received contributions from lobbyists for the developers of Playa Vista while Fine represents area residents who oppose the project are "frivolous" and "without merit," Chick said through a spokesman.
Chick added that she had "absolutely no recollection of any conversation with, or briefing by, the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel regarding Mr. Fine."
Fine last week filed a notice in the Los Angeles Superior Court case Environmentalism Through Inspiration and Non Violent Action v. City of Los Angeles (Playa Capital Company, LLC), BS 073182, informing the court that he had been placed on involuntary inactive status by the State Bar and alleging that the State Bar's action was invalid because Chick had a conflict of interest.
Fine--who acknowledged in a MetNews interview that there is nothing the trial court can do to remedy the alleged conflict--said in his filing that the State Bar charged him with misconduct "for the purpose of benefiting [sic]...Chick," who, according to public records, received contributions to her officeholder account from lawyers at Latham & Watkins, which represents Playa Capital, as well as from other lawyers and lobbyists interested in the project, and from Playa Capital itself.
The donations cited totaled $5,000.
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Copyright 2007, Metropolitan News Company
Posted Jun 24 2008 7:29AM CEST
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