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What has the City paid Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP?

$8.2M in City payments across 49 checks, from April 8, 2021 to September 4, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

$8.2MTotal paid
49Payments
$167,657Average payment
FY2023-24Peak full year · $6.4M

By fiscal year

FY2020-21
$400K
FY2022-23
$105K
FY2023-24
$6.4M
FY2024-25
$545K
FY2025-26
$11K
FY2026-27 *
$743K

Who pays them

City Attorney$7.8M
Non-departmental$400K

What for

City Attorney Outside Counsel$7.8M

48 payments

Miscellaneous Liability Payouts$400K

1 payment

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $743K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $11K.

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 AttorneyPALISADES FIRE SENATE INV 29952-00006 11/25$55,756
September 3, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyPALISADES FIRE LITIGATION BRUSH CLEARANCE CLAIMS 29952-00005 02/26$56,613
September 3, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyPALISADES FIRE SENATE INVESTIGATION OF CITY OFFICIALS 29952-00006 05/26$19,069
September 3, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyPALISADES FIRE LITIGATION BRUSH CLEARANCE CLAIMS 29952-00005 04/26$5,672
August 25, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyPALISADES FIRE LIT 29952-00005 - BRUSH CLEARANCE CLAIMS 12/25$187,310
August 3, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyPALISADES FIRE 27100120563 03/26$333,869
August 3, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyPALISADES FIRE 29952-00005 04/26$58,153
August 3, 2026City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyPALISADES FIRE 29952-00005 03/26$26,231
September 8, 2025City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyUNITED STATES EX REL. MEI LING V COLA [CASE NO. 2:11-CV-00974-PSG-JC] L23-01391 01/25$10,105
September 8, 2025City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyUNITED STATES EX REL. MEI LING V COLA [CASE NO. 2:11-CV-00974-PSG-JC] L23-01391 02/25$637
May 22, 2025City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952.00001 10/24 L23-01391$10,384
May 22, 2025City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952.00001 11/24 L23-01391$1,703
May 22, 2025City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952.00001 12/24 L23-01391$637
January 9, 2025City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952-00001 09/24 2ND PAYMENT$49,052
November 8, 2024City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952-00001 09/24$11,557
November 1, 2024City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952-00001 08/24$12,787
September 25, 2024City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 07/24 29952-00001$10,927
August 21, 2024City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952-00001 04/24$261
August 12, 2024City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952-00001 06/24$200,567
August 12, 2024City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952-00001 05/24$182,871
August 12, 2024City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952-00001 05/24$62,852
July 2, 2024City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952-0001 04/24$1,000
June 20, 2024City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952-00001 04/24$50,050
May 24, 2024City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952-00001 03/2024$194,822
May 24, 2024City Attorney Outside CounselCity AttorneyMEI LING 29952-00001 06/2023$6,725

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.