Goeldner v. Mississippi State Bar Ass'n

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

On April 10, 1986, The Mississippi State Bar Complaint Tribunal determined that the appellant attorney, Christian T. Goeldner, had willfully misrepresented the amount of fees due as well as the number of hours Goeldner spent working on a case for a client, Eugene F. Miller, in order to be paid at an hourly rate in excess of that allowed by the chancellor's order. The Tribunal determined that those acts constituted a deliberate fraud upon the Court and the client and ordered disbarment.

The attorney was hired on January 16, 1984 by Eugene F. Miller (client) to recover…