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Todd Spitzer no longer an ADA

By Richard Binder

Todd Spitzer has been fired.

According to Spitzer himself, he was let go because of the way he handled an information request with the county Public Administrator/Public Guardian Office. Public Administrator/Guardian John Williams issued a statement on Saturday that, while not naming Spitzer specifically, said an assistant district attorney had tried to obtain information to which he was not entitled.

Spitzer said he had contacted the office regarding a domestic-violence and elder-abuse situation, and wanted to be sure it was being investigated. Williams, in his statement, said the unnamed assistant district attorney used his title as prosecutor and claimed to know the public administrator personally in order to get the information. "This conduct is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated," Williams said.

Spitzer was considered to be District Attorney Tony Rackauckas' likely successor.

Full story at OCRegister.com.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on August 30, 2010 (boomark / email).