Humphrey Lee McPherson
Allegation / charges
Struck off, Restitution ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered March 06, 2020. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered January 29, 2020. View PDF AMENDED FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Disciplinary Committee found attorney Humphrey McPherson guilty of professional misconduct. After obtaining judgment for his client Salome Bailey, he collected a total judgment sum of $6,410,612.11 but paid her only $2,287,500.00, failing to inform her he had received the full sum or to pay the balance of $2,520,459.08 due after his 25% contingency fee, despite repeated requests. The attorney did not appear or respond. He was struck from the Roll, ordered to pay restitution of $2,520,459.08 and costs of $45,000.00. No express finding of dishonesty was recorded.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Attorney did not appear, respond, or provide any submissions in mitigation