Prominent Newport Beach Lawyer Accused of Dodging $10 Million Malpractice Debt
If you believe Phillip Greer, he could be California’s most poverty-stricken, veteran lawyer famous for representing embattled Orange County Republican politicians from Congressman Ed Royce to state Assemblywoman Janet Nguyen to Supervisor Shawn Nelson.
Greer has lived for decades in an expansive $2.1 million Newport Coast home close to the Pacific Ocean but, after losing a $10 million professional negligence verdict last year, is claiming under oath in 2018 bankruptcy reports that he owns no property, vehicles, collectibles of value, appliances, furniture, china, televisions, computers, cell phones, cameras, jewelry or electronics.
In fact, this lawyer, who was admitted to the California Bar in 1981, is asserting he possesses no cash or savings or investments and is allegedly surviving on a measly $1,052 a month.
But Chriss Street, a former Orange County Treasurer and Tax Collector who won the judgment against Greer for fraud and misrepresentation after a heated jury trial, isn’t buying the pitch.
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