Federal Prosecutors Seeking Biglaw Bills as Part of Probe
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that federal prosecutors have requested records to determine if there was a financial relationship between a former Atlanta city attorney and the private law firm that guided the city’s response to numerous federal grand jury subpoenas.
The firm, Paul Hastings LLP, has earned millions over the past decade handling some of the city’s most sensitive matters for both former Mayor Kasim Reed and his successor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, according to the AJC’s Stephen Deere.
The review focuses on whether there were payments from the firm to Cathy Hampton, the city’s former top lawyer.
Read the Journal-Constitution article.
