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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Sep. 9, 2010

Attorney Raises Judge's Ire in SEC Case

A federal judge in Orange County is poised to hold a New York lawyer in contempt and to order him to give up $625,000.

By Don J. DeBenedictis

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - A federal judge in Orange County is poised to hold a New York lawyer in contempt and to order him to turn over $625,000 in fees to the receiver for Medical Capital Holdings Inc. as part of a major securities case against the company.

The lawyer, Edward K. Blodnick of Garden City, N.Y., had fee agreements giving him $25,000 to $30,000 a week to represent a doctor who ...

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