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What has the City paid Burke Williams & Sorensen LLP?

$9.5M in City payments across 1,240 checks, from August 25, 2017 to September 4, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: BURKE WILLIAMS & SORENSEN LLP

$9.5MTotal paid
1,240Payments
$7,621Average payment
FY2025-26Peak full year · $2.8M

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$439K
FY2018-19
$348K
FY2019-20
$235K
FY2020-21
$212K
FY2021-22
$293K
FY2022-23
$1.3M
FY2023-24
$2.3M
FY2024-25
$1.2M
FY2025-26
$2.8M
FY2026-27 *
$223K

Who pays them

City Attorney$9.5M

What for

City Attorney Outside Counsel$7.9M

989 payments

Golden State Environmental Justice$444K

45 payments

Brentwood Residential$198K

19 payments

LA Mirada Neighborhood Asso. Sob J$169K

25 payments

Citizen Coalition Sobj$167K

24 payments

Crenshaw Subway Coalition$166K

27 payments

LA Gen Plan Cons Coal$107K

17 payments

Save Our Normandie$82K

11 payments

C-133898 Ahs 6400 Sunset$39K

14 payments

C-133898 Ahs Cre-Har Crossroads$39K

14 payments

C-133898 Ahs CH Palladium$39K

14 payments

C-133898 Ahs 5929 Sunset Hollywood$39K

14 payments

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $223K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $308K.

Most recent payments

The 25 latest to post. Purpose strings are the Controller's own reference codes — the budget line in the second column is usually the more informative field.

DateBudget linePurposeAmount
September 4, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneySINGLETARY 07755-0033 22-01606-WLH-SSC L24-00479 06/26$14,683
September 4, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGRIFFIN 09097-0001 24_CV-06312 L25-00392 07/26$3,960
September 4, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyHJTA NEWCASTLE 08513-0001.002 22STCV39662 23-01226 02/26$2,121
August 28, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGRIFFIN 09097-0001 24_CV-06312 L25-00392 11/25$17,900
August 28, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyDENTON 06491-0024 22STCV13267 06/26$13,995
August 28, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGRIFFIN 09097-0001 24_CV-06312 L25-00392 10/25$669
August 28, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGRIFFIN 09097-0001 24_CV-06312 L25-00392 12/25$3
August 13, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyCULOTTI 08513-0003 20STCV22944 06/26$10,784
August 6, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyHIGHROAD 08513-0004 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 L22-00559 / L24-01352 06/26$12,190
July 24, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneySMITH 06491-0025 22STCV11178 L22-01508 08/25$10,147
July 8, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyCULOTTI 08513-0003 20STCV22944 05/26$34,476
July 7, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneySINGLETARY 07755-0033 22-01606-WLH-SSC L24-00479 04/26$27,522
July 7, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyHIGHROAD 08513-0004 L22-00559/ L24-01352 05/26$17,916
July 7, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyCULOTTI 08513-0003 20STCV22944 04/26$4,739
July 6, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGRIFFIN 09097-0001 24_CV-06312 L25-00392 03/26$37,995
July 6, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGRIFFIN 09097-0001 24_CV-06312 L25-00392 04/26$14,274
June 22, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyCULOTTI 08513-0003 20STCV22944 04/26$21,067
June 16, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyPETERSON 07755-0007 CV21-05510 L21-01636 04/26$9,624
June 16, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyAKILI 07755-0017 22STCV00934 L22-00978 04/26$5,805
June 16, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneySINGLETARY 07755-033 22-01606-WLH-SSC L24-00479 01/25$4,438
June 16, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneySAMPSON 07755-0021 CV22-03346 L22-01823 04/26$3,445
June 16, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyRIVERA 07755-0013 21STCV25760 L22-00166 04/26$1,770
June 15, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyHIGHROAD 08513-0004 21STC37436/ 23STCV24554 L22-00559/L24-01352 04/26$3,096
June 5, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyDENTON 06491.0024 22STCV13267 L22-01765 02/26$19,891
June 5, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneySINGLETARY 07755-0033 22-01606-WLH-SSC L24-00479 03/26$14,161

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (dataset pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Figures are every payment on record within the outside-vendor scope, not a single fiscal year. Back to the checkbook.