A California attorney whose prolific filings on behalf of objectors has made him a well-known figure in class action settlements should be referred to bar authorities for failing to disclose that he is suspended from practicing law, according to lawyers in a case over Whirlpool dishwasher fires this month.

J. Darrell Palmer, a solo practitioner in Carlsbad, California, has represented objectors in some of the country’s most prominent class action settlements, including those over the BP oil spill and the BarBri bar review course. Some of his objections, including those before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, have been successful in overturning settlements.

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