Former embattled Clippers owner Donald Sterling is back in the news, this time as an alleged deadbeat law firm client.
Sterling and his wife, Shelly, were sued by two law firms for allegedly failing to pay more than $270,000 in legal fees collectively owed to the firms.
Bloom & Ruttenberg and the second firm, Ginzburg and Bronshteyn, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court. Bloom & Ruttenberg seeks $185,140 in damages, while the other firm is asking for $86,240.
Shelly Sterling is being sued because she is the sole trustee of the Sterling family trust.
A representative for the Sterlings could not be immediately reached.
Sterling hired the lawyers shortly before trial began in 2014 regarding trust proceedings involving the Los Angeles Clippers, which were formerly owned by Sterling. Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer later bought the team for $2 billion.
–City News Service