'Quarterback' attorney of massive LA public corruption scandal gets 33 months in prison

Paul Paradis is assisting the California State Bar in an investigation involving prominent LA lawyers. The judge said he believes 'too few people have been held to account.'

Paul Paradis (right) leaves the new federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, with one of his Winston & Strawn LLP lawyers, Jeffrey Steinfeld. (Photo by Meghann M. Cuniff)

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a disbarred lawyer to serve 33 months in prison for a “mind-boggling” bribery scandal involving a collusive lawsuit, sham …