A former Atlanta assistant city attorney has filed a whistleblower suit against her former bosses, claiming she was fired after she raised concerns that her supervising attorney was costing the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in unnecessary settlements and committing legal malpractice.
According to a complaint filed Thursday in Fulton County Superior Court by Holly Loy Smith, she initially was told by City Attorney Cathy Hampton that she would suffer no retaliation for drawing attention to what she thought were poor legal decisions. Instead, she was told there was no position available for her, and terminated.
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