About Town Redondo: Obagi trial nears end, water main break, co-teaching
Obagi State Bar trial heads to closing briefs The State Bar trial for Redondo Beach City Council Member Zein Obagi, Jr., nears conclusion after testimony ended Aug. 22. All that remains are closing briefs, due Sept. 8, followed by the judge’s verdict within 90 days. The case hinges on Obagi’s actions stemming from a financial dealing with a former client, and the subsequent malpractice suit Obagi filed against his original attorney relating to the first seven of 12 State Bar counts. Obagi could face suspension of his law license or disbarment. The trial opened April 18, and resumed Aug. 8-9 after delays, then concluded Aug. 22. The State Bar Prosecutor in the case was replaced in May. On Aug. 2, Obagi filed a motion to dismiss the case “for prosecutorial vindictiveness and misconduct.” Judge Manjari Chawla responded a week later, denying the motion due to “respondent’s failure to establish the application of the prosecutorial vindictiveness doctrine to State Bar Court proceedings, and for being extraordinarily untimely.” Obagi told the Easy Reader earlier this year that the charges were the result of a “bad prosecutor.” The State Bar did not comment on the change in prosecutors…
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