Accused killer Nima Momeni’s lawyer, Paula Canny, litigates like ‘a dog on a bone’

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Paula Canny is representing the man accused of stabbing Cash App founder and tech executive, Bob Lee, to death earlier this month.

Nima Momeni's attorney, Paula Canny, speaks with reporters. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan

Canny runs a private practice in Burlingame with her brother. Some of her past clients include Greg Anderson, the personal trainer who refused to testify against his trainee, San Francisco Giants all-star Barry Bonds; and Eliana Lopez Urbina, the wife of former San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, accused of domestic violence.

went to in the ’80s and the ’90s,” alongside stars like Tammy Wynette and Stevie Nicks. Despite the facility’s prestige, Canny says the process didn’t come easy; she considers it a lucky gift that she got sober. Fellow defense attorney Mark Geragos said that Canny has already made a compelling case against Momeni’s murder charge by introducing the idea that Momeni had “legitimate concern” for his sister. That, Geragos said, charts a path toward a manslaughter charge.

Both stood around five feet tall, and Diaz remembers that the two friends were often underestimated — in the early years.

 

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