LOS ANGELES—A veteran Los Angeles County prosecutor who was awarded $1.5 million after she was denied important jobs in retaliation for complaining about directives set forth after the 2020 election of District Attorney George Gascón is now seeking $1.3 million in attorneys’ fees, but the county wants a new trial.
The March 6 Los Angeles Superior Court verdict in favor of plaintiff Deputy District Attorney Shawn Randolph was the first of nearly 20 such cases that have been filed by prosecutors and are still awaiting trial. The jury split the award at $750,000 each for Randolph’s past and future emotional distress.
“This court should exercise its discretion to award attorneys’ fees to Randolph in a manner that would best effectuate the purposes of the whistleblower statute,” Randolph’s attorneys state in their court papers filed on May 8. Meanwhile, attorneys for the county also filed court papers the same day in support of a retrial….