Association Of Deputy District Attorneys

An organization representing Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Thursday a vote of no confidence in Dist. Atty. Ira Reiner's removal of a veteran prosecutor from the Menendez brothers murder case--an unprece-dented action by the group. The board of directors of the Assn. of Deputy District Attorneys voted unanimously to rebuke Reiner Wednesday night after both Reiner and former Menendez prosecutor, Deputy Dist. Atty. Elliott Alhadeff, appeared before the group.

A union representing deputy district attorneys filed a lawsuit last week against Los Angeles County and Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley alleging the department's senior managers retaliated against employees for unionizing last year. The complaint accuses Los Angeles County's top law enforcer of using "19th century thuggery commonly employed against union organizers," including punitive work transfers. The Assn. of Deputy District Attorneys, which began representing about 1,000 Los Angeles County prosecutors in March 2008, is currently in the midst of contract negotiations with the district attorney's office and the county.

A union representing deputy district attorneys filed a lawsuit last week against Los Angeles County and Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley alleging the department's senior managers retaliated against employees for unionizing last year. The complaint accuses Los Angeles County's top law enforcer of using "19th century thuggery commonly employed against union organizers," including punitive work transfers. The Assn. of Deputy District Attorneys, which began representing about 1,000 Los Angeles County prosecutors in March 2008, is currently in the midst of contract negotiations with the district attorney's office and the county.

An organization representing Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Thursday a vote of no confidence in Dist. Atty. Ira Reiner's removal of a veteran prosecutor from the Menendez brothers murder case--an unprece-dented action by the group. The board of directors of the Assn. of Deputy District Attorneys voted unanimously to rebuke Reiner Wednesday night after both Reiner and former Menendez prosecutor, Deputy Dist. Atty. Elliott Alhadeff, appeared before the group.

Non-union Los Angeles County employees, from secretaries all the way up to department heads, on Friday blasted a plan by the Board of Supervisors to cut their pay by 5% to help ease a continuing fiscal crisis, saying they will fight back with protests, lawsuits and any other action they can muster. The supervisors voted 4 to 1 Thursday to begin the process of implementing the pay cut for about 9,000 non-union personnel as a way of saving the county $10.7 million this year.

When Chief Deputy Dist. Atty. James G. Enright decided just 24 hours before the closing deadline to run for district attorney, he knew it would be on a shoestring. He had no staff, money or plans. But that's all changed now that Enright has forced Dist. Atty. Michael R. Capizzi into a November runoff. At a fund-raiser at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach last week, Enright was backslapping with longtime friends and thanking them for donations.