A former New Jersey attorney, disbarred for misappropriating client funds in the face of a fee dispute, cannot use bankruptcy to erase the former clients’ nearly $1 million claim against him, a federal judge has ruled.
Feng Li, who had a law office in Parsippany, N.J., filed notice Aug. 25 that he will appeal an Aug. 22 decision by U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson of the District of New Jersey that upheld a bankruptcy court ruling barring discharge of the debt because of the misappropriation and Li’s failure to disclose certain financial information, including his attorney trust information, in his bankruptcy filings.
