Paul Kiesel, a Beverly Hills attorney hired by the city as special counsel and working with Paradis on the PricewaterhouseCoopers lawsuit, also stepped down last week, saying he did not want to become a distraction to the litigation. He called PricewaterhouseCooper’s allegations “baseless” and an attempt to draw attention away from the city’s claims against the firm.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 13, 2019 18:06 UTC