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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Feb. 10, 2009

Magician Might Need Another Trick to Save His Legal Career

Paul Fegen, a Century City attorney and one-time real estate mogul, has moonlighted for years as a magician. Will he have another trick up his sleeve as he faces a State Bar Court trial in March?

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Paul Fegen, the Fantastic Fig, can still wow audiences with his card tricks. But the curtain appears to be falling on his legal career.

The Los Angeles attorney and one-time real estate mogul has moonlighted for years as a magician. A gray-bearded showman who favors top hats and purple sequins, Fegen can guess which card you've drawn from his deck or make it miraculously vanish before pu...

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