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Discipline

Dec. 27, 2014

Lawyer who took a default against his own client should be disbarred, court says

A Fresno lawyer served his lawsuit for fees on himself as the client's agent for service and then obtained a default judgment. The bar court found he didn't understand his ethical duty to be honest.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A lawyer who sued a former client for fees and then obtained a default judgment by serving the lawsuit on himself should be disbarred, a State Bar Court panel has decided.


Fresno lawyer Warren Paul Felger admitted culpability for taking the fraudulent default, but he described it as a "petty stunt," leading the bar court's review department to conclude "he does not understand...

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