{"id":7761,"date":"2014-12-03T22:20:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T06:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=7761"},"modified":"2017-05-26T18:57:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T01:57:19","slug":"3-5-million-paid-legal-costs-ventura-county-retaliation-lawsuits-filed-former-da-investigators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=7761","title":{"rendered":"More Than $4 Million Paid In Legal Costs By Ventura County for Retaliation Lawsuits Filed By Former DA Investigators"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7768\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20140501_140727_resized_1-e1417668228270.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7768 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20140501_140727_resized_1-e1417668228270-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"20140501_140727_resized_1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Joseph Cipollini Case Will Be Tried in Santa Barbara Superior Court , Depart. 3<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">(<strong>Updated: Thursday \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0<\/strong><em>Legal costs \u00a0paid by Ventura County to law firms for work \u00a0on the Joseph Cipollini case were obtained today and are listed below. These legal costs indicate that, so far, \u00a0more than $4 million has been paid for these three lawsuits.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>BY RAUL HERNANDEZ<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.<\/strong> &#8211;<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Ventura County has paid more than $4 million dollars to settle and defend three lawsuits filed against the District Attorney&#8217;s Office by former investigators who alleged retaliation and harassment by the office, according to information provided to <em>American Justice Notebook<\/em> \u00a0by Ventura County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">One lawsuit \u00a0was tried three years ago and a jury awarded \u00a0former Ventura County District Attorney investigator <strong>Robert Velasquez<\/strong>\u00a0 $1.3 million as damages for retaliation. \u00a0Another involving former DA investigator <strong>Mark Volpei<\/strong> was settled in August by Ventura County for $850,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Volpei alleged in his <a title=\"Mark Volpei Lawsuit Story\" href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/draft-story-da-investigator\/\">lawsuit<\/a> that he was retaliated against after reporting official misconduct and alleged crimes and testifying in a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The legal costs and fees incurred by Ventura County for hiring two law firm to represent it total $2.4 million as of Wednesday, according to information provided to <em>American Justice<\/em> by <strong>Ventura County Risk Manager Chuck Pode.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Volpei who filed a<a title=\"Mark Volpei lawsuit\" href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/plaintiff-wants-former-police-chief-ventura-county-judge-testify-retaliation-case\/\"> retaliation lawsuit<\/a> in April 2011 already had a trial date when the two sides reached an agreement in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A third retaliation lawsuit involving former DA investigator Joseph Cipollini is set for trial on April 7 in Dept. 3 at Santa Barbara Superior Court<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Named in these lawsuits are Ventura County<strong>, District Attorney Greg Totten<\/strong> and other DA supervisors and employees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">On Tuesday, during a case management hearing, <strong>Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderle<\/strong> told attorneys that this \u00a0is a &#8220;positively firm&#8221; day for trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The three lawsuits were transferred from Ventura County to adjacent Santa Barbara County because Ventura County Superior Court judges recused themselves in presiding over these cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mark-Volpei-Settlement-Agreement-2.pdf\">Mark Volpei Settlement Agreement <\/a>\u00a0was signed on Aug . 7\u00a0after Ventura County Board of Supervisors authorized the $850,000 payment to settle the lawsuit. Volpei&#8217;s lawsuit was laden with serious and possibly criminal allegations by Volpei of official misconduct by the District Attorney&#8217;s Office and others including other county officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The agreement also forbids attorneys and others involved with this case from discussing the terms of the settlement, and if this clause is violated, it will be considered a breach of contract where damages can be sought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The contract also states that if Volpei&#8217;s lawyers, Lanny and Terry Tron, are asked &#8220;how the Action was resolved,&#8221; they are to respond, &#8220;The matter was resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties, or words of similar import.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;No other statement may be made regarding this case or the Action unless required to do so pursuant to a lawful court order,&#8221; the agreement states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In addition, Volpei and his lawyers agreed to destroy county files, e-mails, manuals, correspondence and other documents belonging to the county within three days of signing the agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Outside the Santa Barbara courtroom on Tuesday, Cipollin&#8217;s lawyer, Mark Pachowicz, \u00a0said these three cases are about the &#8220;district attorney&#8217;s treatment of people who testify truthfully on other cases.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He said he plans to put Totten on the stand. \u00a0The trial could last two to three weeks, Pachowicz said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Ventura County is &#8220;spending significant amount of money&#8221; on these cases, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Cipollini is also alleging retaliation because he gave a disposition in 2008 in a sexual discrimination lawsuit involving former DA investigator <strong>Tammy Schwitzer<\/strong> and in the Velasquez retaliation lawsuit and in the sexual discrimination lawsuit involving another female investigator <strong>Leslie Robertson.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Schwitzer and Robertson also sued the District Attorney&#8217;s Office, but Schwitzer&#8217;s case was tossed out of court, and Robertson decided to drop her lawsuit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Cipollini claims in his lawsuit that after he did this he was harassed and retaliated against by his supervisors Wayne Simmons, Robert A. Briner and Glen A. Kitzman. \u00a0Cipollini maintains that District Attorney Greg Totten could have done something to stop this but did not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The county has denied the allegations by Cipollini through its court filings. \u00a0Attorney Ed Ho, whose law firm \u00a0<strong>Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud &amp; Romo i<\/strong>s representing the county, declined to comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Legal Fees and Cost for the Velasquez and Volpei Case<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As of Wednesday, Ventura County has paid the law firm of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud &amp; Romo of Cerritos, California, $682,398 for work on the Volpei case. \u00a0Also Attorney <strong>Alan E. Wisotsky, of Oxnard,<\/strong> was paid $69,204 for his law firm&#8217;s work in the Volpei case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Wisotsky&#8217;s firm tried the Velasquez case in Santa Barbara three years ago and the jury decided that the District Attorney&#8217;s Office retaliated against Velasquez. Jurors awarded him $1.3 million as damages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The county paid Wisotsky $711,519 for the law firm&#8217;s legal work on the Velasquez case, including trying the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After the $1.3 million judgment, the county fired the Wisotsky law firm, which did some legal work on the Volpei case. After Wisotski was fired, the county hired \u00a0Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud &amp; Romo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In the Joseph Cipollini case, Ventura County paid $866,718 to the law firm of\u00a0Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud &amp; Romo. \u00a0Attorney Alan Wisotsky was paid $74,837 for legal work on this case, according to the county&#8217;s Risk Manager Chuck Pode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u00a0Related Document<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mark-Volpei-Settlement-Agreement-2.pdf\">Mark Volpei Settlement Agreement\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Updated: Thursday \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Legal costs \u00a0paid by Ventura County to law firms for work \u00a0on the Joseph Cipollini case were obtained today and are listed below. 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