Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is suing Los Angeles County and its Sheriff’s Department for unpaid legal bills, marking a new twist in a nearly four-year battle.
The county blocked a $280,000 payment “for the first few months of legal services,” which Quinn Emanuel provided to former Sheriff Alex Villanueva, the firm said in a complaint filed Aug. 10 in Los Angeles Superior Court. “Defendants have never paid Quinn Emanuel for any of the legal services provided,” according to the complaint.
Quinn Emanuel lawyers were hired in 2019 to defend then-Sheriff Villanueva in a lawsuit by the county, challenging Villanueva’s ...
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