School District’s Legal Fees Put at $2 Million
The financially strapped Compton school district has spent nearly $2 million in legal fees the last four years, at least double what most other Los Angeles County districts spend, according to a report prepared this week by the district’s financial staff.
The district’s Board of Trustees, facing a budget shortfall of at least $7 million in the next school year, ordered the report. One law firm, Melanie E. Lomax and Associates of Los Angeles, received almost half the money the district spent on legal expenses, according to the report. She said the district was involved in a large number of lawsuits and has several construction projects under way that required legal work on contracts.
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