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The last of a series of lawsuits stemming from the workplace behavior of a top former District Attorney\u2019s Office executive has been settled for $100,000, county officials said.<\/p>\n

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Ex-Orange County Public Defender Mohammad Abuershaid accepted the settlement in his claim he was defamed by former prosecutor Gary LoGalbo, who was best man at the wedding of District Attorney Todd Spitzer and retired amid a scandal over harassment allegations and later died at home in November 2022.<\/p>\n

Abuershaid alleged that LoGalbo referred to him as a \u201cterrorist\u201d while discussing cases he handled.<\/p>\n

In March, Orange County supervisors approved a $995,000 settlement for Clarisse Magtoto, $988,000 for Amy Tallakson, and $925,000 settlements for Deputy District Attorney Mallory Miller and former prosecutor Shabnum Azizi, now an attorney in San Diego.<\/p>\n

The settlements followed a $3.5 million verdict won in February by Deputy District Attorney Bethel Cope-Vega against the county.<\/p>\n

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Cope-Vega\u2019s victory followed a triumph for Tracy Miller last year in her lawsuit against the county, Spitzer and his former top assistant, Shawn Nelson \u2014 now an Orange County Superior Court judge.<\/p>\n

Miller, who won a $3 million verdict and $1.5 million in attorneys fees, said she was forced to retire due to retaliation for moving to protect whistleblowers alleging harassment from LoGalbo.<\/p>\n

The county\u2019s risk-assessment attorneys had negotiated a settlement for about $6 million that would have resolved all of the cases, but the Board of Supervisors rejected it in August 2021, and hired Sheppard-Mullin to defend the county.<\/p>\n

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The payouts for the county, nearly $12 million, was well above what it would have cost to settle the cases initially.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not known how much Sheppard-Mullin has billed the county for legal fees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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