LOS ANGELES—A former Los Angeles Department of Water and Power board member linked to an alleged bribery scheme was facing State Bar of California disciplinary charges July 10 for allegedly soliciting and receiving more than $31,000 in free legal services from an attorney connected to the 2017 LADWP billing scandal.
The State Bar alleges that in the summer of 2017, attorney Bill Funderburk was set to vote as a DWP Board Commissioner on a $30 million no-bid contract for a business created by lawyer Paul Paradis—a cooperating witness in the billing scandal—to provide consulting services to the utility.
