Fred Harold Middaugh was admitted to the California Bar 20th December 1974, but has since been disbarred. Fred graduated from Southwestern University SOL.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Fred Harold Middaugh |
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| First Admitted | 20 December 1974 (50 years, 6 months ago) |
| Status | Disbarred |
| Bar Number | 62133 |
Contact
| Current Email | [email protected] |
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| Phone Number | 360-681-2220 |
| Fax Number | 360-683-2894 |
Schools
| Law School | Southwestern University SOL (Los Angeles CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | University of Southern Calif (Los Angeles CA) |
Address
| Current Address | Law Ofcs Fred H Middaugh, 1400 W Washington St Ste 104 Sequim, WA 98382-3236 |
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History
| 29 April 2011 | Disbarred (14 years, 1 month ago) Disbarment 08-O-11593 |
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| 4 April 2011 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 2 months ago) Suspended, failed to pass Prof.Resp.Exam 08-H-13705 |
| 26 November 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 6 months ago) Ordered inactive 08-O-10685 |
| 12 April 2010 | Active (15 years, 2 months ago) |
| 11 February 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (15 years, 4 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 08-H-13705 |
| 16 April 2009 | Active (16 years, 2 months ago) |
| 28 February 2009 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (16 years, 3 months ago) Ordered inactive 08-H-13705 |
| 1 November 2007 | Private reproval, public disclosure 06-O-12863 (17 years, 7 months ago) |
| 4 June 2007 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 06-O-12863 (18 years ago) |
| 20 December 1974 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (50 years, 6 months ago) |
Discipline Summaries
April 29, 2011 FRED HAROLD MIDDAUGH [#62133], 67, of Sequim, Wash., was disbarred April 29, 2011, and was ordered to make restitution and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. Middaugh stipulated to 29 acts of misconduct in eight matters and he misappropriated $450,000 from a trust over eight months. He also must make restitution of more than $10,000 to three other clients as well as issue a refund to another client or go to fee arbitration.In 2007, Middaugh became trustee for a trust that held $450,000. He promptly began a series of transactions to liquidate the trust’s assets and transfer the funds to himself to buy a house. When he eventually was sued, he admitted he owed $500,000 in principal and interest to the trust.He caused one client to have a default judgment of $22,153 entered against her. He did no work for two brothers who paid Middaugh $2,830 to obtain a conservatorship for their elderly sister. He didn’t return the clients’ many phone calls over an eight-month period and when a temporary conservatorship expired, the clients couldn’t find Middaugh because he moved. He took more than three months to prepare a will and trust for another client and four more months to deliver the documents.He appeared at six of 11 hearings for a 16-year-old client facing gang-related murder charges and sent another lawyer to the other hearings. However, after he missed two fitness hearings, he was removed as counsel and replaced by a public defender. He did some work for another client who paid more than $8,229, but still owes him a refund for work he didn’t do.Middaugh was publicly reproved in 2007 for failing to perform legal services competently and when he didn’t comply with probation conditions, he was suspended and placed on probation in 2010.February 11, 2010 FRED HAROLD MIDDAUGH [#62133], 67, of Sequim, Wash., was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on probation for two years with an actual suspension of 60 days, and he must take the MPRE within one year. The order took effect Feb. 11, 2010. Middaugh missed the deadline for meeting the conditions of a 2007 private reproval. The requirements included timely contact with the probation department, quarterly submission of probation reports, submission of a final probation report and proof of completion of no less than six hours of MCLE. |