State Bar & Bar Associations
Jul. 8, 2026
From city's counsel to State Bar respondent, Kiesel's long legal odyssey
Beverly Hills attorney now faces State Bar discipline proceedings in the same scandal where he once represented Los Angeles.
Few California lawyers have undergone a transformation as dramatic as Paul R. Kiesel's--from celebrated outside counsel entrusted with one of Los Angeles' highest-profile lawsuits, to central figure in a corruption investigation, to cooperating witness against former public officials, and now respondent defending his own professional license.
That unusual progression took another turn last month when the State Bar Court Review Department removed the judge assigned to hear ...
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