“I think it’s unfortunate we are fighting amongst ourselves.” “There is a lot of apparent acrimony between the administration and the union,” said Tom Higgins, the head deputy district attorney who oversees criminal filings for most of Los Angeles and once ran against Cooley. As one veteran prosecutor puts it, infighting, lawsuits and upheaval have turned the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office into a veritable “snake’s nest.”Ī series of legal battles between the prosecutors union and District Attorney Steve Cooley over allegations of anti-labor retaliation offers a rare and sordid glimpse into the office charged with enforcing the law in the nation’s most populous county.
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