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What has the City paid Colantuono Highsmith & Whatley PC?

$2.0M in City payments across 372 checks, from August 1, 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: COLANTUONO HIGHSMITH & WHATLEY PC

$2.0MTotal paid
372Payments
$5,408Average payment
FY2023-24Peak full year · $568K

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$225K
FY2018-19
$104K
FY2019-20
$192K
FY2020-21
$118K
FY2021-22
$7K
FY2022-23
$322K
FY2023-24
$568K
FY2024-25
$225K
FY2025-26
$213K
FY2026-27 *
$38K

Who pays them

City Attorney$2.0M

What for

City Attorney Outside Counsel$2.0M

372 payments

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $38K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $0.

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 AttorneyGARCIA 42007.0027 2:19-CV-06182 L20-00310 07/26$18,749
August 3, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyAOA-42007.0030 BC677423; BC709658] L18-00889 03/26$4,887
August 3, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyAOA-42007.0030 BC677423; BC709658] L18-00889 04/26 50/250$3,033
July 16, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 42007.0027 2:19-CV-06182 L20-00310 06/26$11,811
June 22, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 42007.0027 2:19-CV-06182 L20-00310 05/26$11,924
June 16, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 42007.0027 CASE NO. 2:19-CV-06182 L20-00310 04/26$15,856
May 15, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 42007.0027 2:19-CV-06182 L20-00310 03/26$1,794
May 15, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyAOA 42007.0030 BC677423; BC709658 01/26$754
May 13, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyAOA 42007.0030 BC677423; BC709658 10/25$4,084
April 23, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 42007.0027 2:19-CV-06182 L20-00310 02/26$4,970
April 17, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 42007.0027 2:19-CV-06182 L20-00310 01/26$790
March 20, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 75-3031545 2:19-CV-06182 L20-00310 10/25$5,823
March 20, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 75-3031545 2:19-CV-06182 L20-00310 11/25$3,334
March 20, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 75-3031545 2:19-CV-06182 L20-00310 12/25$2,742
February 4, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 42007.0027 L20-00310 CV1906182 08/25$46,745
February 4, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 42007.0027 2:19-CV-06182 L20-00310 07/25$36,523
February 4, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 42007.0027 L20-00310 CV1906182 09/25$21,484
February 4, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 42007.0027 2:19-CV-06182 L20-00310 06/25$1,723
January 12, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyAOA 42007.0030 BC677423; BC709658 L18-00889 09/25$5,473
January 12, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyAOA 42007.0030 BC677423; BC709658 L18-00889 06/25$5,225
January 12, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyAOA 42007.0030 BC677423; BC709658 L18-00889 09/25$3,491
January 12, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyAOA 42007.0030 BC677423; BC709658 L18-00889 08/25$2,673
January 12, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyAOA 42007.0030 BC677423; BC709658 L18-00889 07/25$1,444
November 26, 2025City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyAOA 42007.0030 BC677426, BC709658 L18-00889 05/25$22,754
November 6, 2025City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyGARCIA 42007.0027 219CV06182 05/25$12,956

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.