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What has the City paid Downey Brand LLP?

$2.1M in City payments across 320 checks, from November 8, 2017 to April 13, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: DOWNEY BRAND LLP

$2.1MTotal paid
320Payments
$6,684Average payment
FY2024-25Peak full year · $450K

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$18K
FY2018-19
$258K
FY2019-20
$234K
FY2020-21
$427K
FY2021-22
$157K
FY2022-23
$284K
FY2023-24
$161K
FY2024-25
$450K
FY2025-26
$149K

Who pays them

City Attorney$2.1M
Non-departmental$15K

What for

19STCP05445$364K

39 payments

Karney Management Company$358K

51 payments

Pacific Palisades Residents Association V. Cola$348K

41 payments

City Attorney Outside Counsel$217K

58 payments

Casey Maddren II$184K

19 payments

Friends of South Carthay$123K

24 payments

Jean Frost 24STCP03393$105K

13 payments

Supporters Alliance$104K

13 payments

Delia Guerrero$69K

18 payments

Karney Management Co.$57K

7 payments

West Valley Alliance for an Optimal Living$44K

5 payments

S. Weddington 24STCP00284$42K

3 payments

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
April 13, 2026Jean Frost 24STCP03393City AttorneyFROST 32977.00045 24STCP03393 L25 - 00940 08/25$22,774
April 13, 2026Jean Frost 24STCP03393City AttorneyFROST 32977.00045 24STCP03393 L25 - 00940 09/25$11,964
April 13, 2026Jean Frost 24STCP03393City AttorneyFROST 32977.00045 24STCP03393 L25 - 00940 01/25$8,337
April 13, 2026Jean Frost 24STCP03393City AttorneyFROST 32977.00045 24STCP03393 L25 - 00940 08/25$2,513
April 13, 2026Jean Frost 24STCP03393City AttorneyJEAN FROST 24STCP03393 12/25$1,555
April 13, 2026Jean Frost 24STCP03393City AttorneyFROST 32977.00045 24STCP03393 L25 - 00940 10/25$1,392
April 13, 2026Jean Frost 24STCP03393City AttorneyFROST 32977.00045 24STCP03393 L25 - 00940 07/25$1,376
April 13, 2026Jean Frost 24STCP03393City AttorneyFROST 32977.00045 24STCP03393 L25 - 00940 12/25$547
January 29, 2026Serenity West 24STCP01117City AttorneySERENITY WEST 32977.00044 24STCP01117 01/25$24,477
January 29, 2026Serenity West 24STCP01117City AttorneySERENITY WEST 32977.00044 24STCP01117 12/24$8,900
January 29, 2026Serenity West 24STCP01117City AttorneySERENITY WEST 32977.00044 24STCP01117 02/25$4,811
January 29, 2026Jean Frost 24STCP03393City AttorneyFROST 32977.00045 24STCP03393 11/25$534
January 22, 2026Friends of South CarthayCity AttorneyFRIENDS OF S. CARTHAY 32977.00036 22STCP04426 04/25$90
October 23, 2025Jean Frost 24STCP03393City AttorneyJEAN FROST 32977.00045 24STCP03393 L25-00940 05/25$26,033
September 30, 2025Jean Frost 24STCP03393City AttorneyFROST 32977.00045 24STCP003393 L25-00940 06/25$862
August 29, 2025Friends of South CarthayCity AttorneyFRIENDS OF S. CARTHAY 32977.00036 22STCP04426 L23-01173 0 1/25$20,218
August 29, 2025Friends of South CarthayCity AttorneyFRIENDS OF S. CARTHAY 32977.00036 22STCP04426 L23-01173 0 12/24$5,517
August 29, 2025Jean Frost 24STCP03393City AttorneyFROST 32977.00045 24STCP03396 04/25 L25-00940 04/25$4,778
August 29, 2025Friends of South CarthayCity AttorneyFRIENDS OF S. CARTHAY 32977.00036 22STCP04426 L23-01173 0 2/25$2,073
August 29, 2025Friends of South CarthayCity AttorneyFRIENDS OF S. CARTHAY 32977.00036 22STCP04426 L23-01173 0 3/25$401
June 20, 2025Friends of South CarthayCity AttorneyF. OF S. CARTHAY 32977.00036 22STCP04426 L23-01173 11/24 PARTIAL PAYMENT$11,367
June 20, 2025Friends of South CarthayCity AttorneyF. OF S. CARTHAY 32977.00036 22STCP04426 L23-01173 10/24 PARTIAL PAYMENT$3,830
June 20, 2025Friends of South CarthayCity AttorneyF. OF S. CARTHAY 32977.00036 22STCP04426 L23-01173 09/24 PARTIAL PAYMENT$1,852
June 20, 2025Friends of South CarthayCity AttorneyF. OF S. CARTHAY 32977.00036 22STCP04426 L23-01173 09/24 PARTIAL PAYMENT$551
May 23, 2025West Valley Alliance (in-N-Out Burgers)City AttorneyW. VALLEY ALLIANCE IN N OUT 32977.00046 03/25 24STCP02472; 24STCP03841 L25-00309 03/25$6,957

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.