LOS ANGELES – Attorney Pierce O’Donnell has reached a revised plea deal with federal prosecutors that would require him to serve 60 days in prison but allow him to retain his California bar license.
The deal was the second reached in a campaign finance violations case against the noted trial attorney. On Nov. 14, U.S. District Judge James Otero in Los Angeles rejected the sentencing portion of the original deal, which called for a prison term of six months and a $20,000 fine. He concluded that prison was too harsh a punishment, attributing Mr. O’Donnell’s criminal acts to a “lapse of judgment.” He also found the fine “woefully insufficient.”
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