O'Donnell hoping for leniency over donation charges.CONSUMER attorney Pierce O'Donnell filed a motion this month seeking to remove the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. District Attorney's 26-count misdemeanor charge against him and several employees of his Los Angeles law firm. O'Donnell has been charged with illegally contributing $25,500 to Mayor James Hahn by using the names of his associates at O'Donnell & Shaeffer LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . The contributions were made from May 2000 to March 2001, during Hahn's first mayoral campaign. In a motion filed in L.A. Superior Court, O'Donnell claimed that the case should be handled by the Ethics Commission under City Charter rules governing criminal enforcement of campaign contributions. Under those rules, O'Donnell's case would exceed a two-year statute of limitations A type of federal or state law that restricts the time within which legal proceedings may be brought. Statutes of limitations, which date back to early Roman Law, are a fundamental part of European and U.S. law. for criminal prosecutions, which could carry fines of $1,000 and six months of jail, according to O'Donnell's motion. The sections of the state government code under which the criminal case was filed involve a four-year statute of limitations, a fine of Lip to $10,000 or three times the amount the person unlawfully contributed, plus six months in jail for each violation. O'Donnell's attorney, George O'Connell, a partner at Stevens & O'Connell LLP in Sacramento, did not return calls. Deputy District Attorney Ricardo Ocampo, whose office has until Sept. 22 to file a response to O'Donnell's motion, declined comment. Shifting Defense Jan Handzlik, one of three white-collar criminal defense partners in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, has left after 13 years to join Howrey Simon Arnold & White LLP's global litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. group. Handzlik, an assistant U.S. Attorney in the criminal division in L.A. from 1971 to 1976, joins several other former federal prosecutors at Howrcy Simon's corporate responsibility group. While at Kirkland & Ellis. Handzlik served as counsel to the Christopher Commission's study of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . following the 1991 beating of Rodney King. He also served as deputy general counsel to the Rampart Independent Review Panel in 2000 and 2001. Handzlik said he moved to work with more former federal prosecutors, many of whom he has worked alongside or against in court. Pro Bono Short for pro bono publico [Latin, For the public good]. The designation given to the free legal work done by an attorney for indigent clients and religious, charitable, and other nonprofit entities. Pro Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has named entertainment partner Scott Edelman the firm's newly created pro bono coordinator. Edelman, co-chairman of the firm's entertainment practice, successfully defended the North Valley Jewish Community Center in a negligence case following a 1999 shooting spree there in which six people were wounded. Edelman will manage cases involving child custody The care, control, and maintenance of a child, which a court may award to one of the parents following a Divorce or separation proceeding. Under most circumstances, state laws provide that biological parents make all decisions that are involved in rearing their , adoption, landlord-tenant disputes, wade claims, political asylum, First Amendment rights, human rights, endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. and religious freedoms. Staff reporter Amanda Bronstad can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 225, or at abronstad@labusinessjournal.com |
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