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Between July and November 1994, the San Francisco Chronicle
and the San Francisco Examiner newspapers published several
articles referencing CPRT and the State audit. As a result of
these articles, petitioner was concerned that adverse publicity
would impact her ongoing efforts to obtain funding for SLS. In
June 1994, petitioner consulted with two attorneys, Charlotte
Fishman and Laura Stevens, because of concerns she had about
leaks of information to the media regarding the State audit and
the potential impact of adverse publicity to her professional
reputation.
On June 30, 1994, petitioner retained the law firm of
Rogers, Joseph, O’Donnell & Quinn (RJO&Q). Petitioner consulted
with her lawyers at RJO&Q many times in 1994. On the advice and
recommendation of RJO&Q, petitioner also retained the law firm of
Topel & Goodman.
According to RJO&Q’s billing reports, the following legal
services were performed for petitioner during June, July, August,
and September 1994: (1) Research, preparation, and drafting of
documents for the criminal prosecution of petitioner and CPRT;
(2) preparation of a lawsuit to prevent the release of the draft
State audit report; (3) research, preparation, and meetings with
respect to the State audit investigation of CPRT; (4) review of
documents in petitioner’s personnel file regarding sex
discrimination; (5) research, preparation, meetings, and drafting
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