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Law Offices of Maryann Gallagher announce against City of Inglewood

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Ms. Melanie McDade-Dickens, Inglewood Mayor James Butts’ former executive assistant, joins her attorneys Carl Douglas (Douglas Hicks Law) and Maryann Gallagher (The Law Offices of Maryann Gallagher) to announce a civil lawsuit against the City of Inglewood, Mayor Butts, human resources director Jose Cortes, and city manager Artie Fields alleging harassment, retaliation, stalking, and wrongful termination after McDade-Dickens ended her 9-year relationship with Mayor Butts.

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