City Sues Ex-Official, 2 Law Firms Over Hotel Deal
Contending that they received bad legal advice on a hotel deal, Baldwin Park and its redevelopment agency have filed a legal malpractice lawsuit for more than $3.6 million against former City Atty. Robert Flandrick and two law firms.
Originally the Baldwin Park Hilton and now the San Gabriel Valley Hilton, the 196-room hotel was built after the city agreed to underwrite losses and share in profits. City officials backed out of the deal in December after reporting that the hotel had lost more than $2.5 million.
The lawsuit, filed last week in Pomona Superior Court, contends that the city’s method of funding the project was illegal and that Flandrick and other legal advisers were negligent in failing to advise against it. The suit names Flandrick and his firm, Burke Williams & Sorensen of Los Angeles, and Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger of Century City.
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