Attorney Bob Ottilie knows very well how to file a tort claim.
The question at MiraCosta College seems to be: why was Victoria Richart's $1.6 million agreement with the college conducted as a friendly operation between Richart's lawyer Bob Ottilie and the school's lawyer?
It was clearly an inside job.
Even now that Richart has a new lawyer, it turns out that he is Randy Winet, who is just as much a part of the San Diego County Office of Education-Joint Powers Authority as Daniel Shinoff, the college's lawyer.
Here's what the San Diego Union Tribune says about Richart's characterization of the deal during her deposition by attorney Leon Page:
Ex-MiraCosta president puts blame on 3 trustees
By Lola Sherman
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
March 1, 2008
"...Richart never filed a formal action against the college. But in the deposition, she repeatedly cited an Aug. 15, 2007, letter to college trustees from her attorney, Robert Ottilie of San Diego, as constituting a claim..."
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080301-9999-1mc1richart.html
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