Emory Booker, an attorney who promoted himself as Milwaukee's "Light Hero," targets poor people who do not understand bankruptcy laws, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Pamela Pepper said on Tuesday, fining him $5,000 for overcharging clients and other violations, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported yesterday. The sanction is in addition to more than $7,500 that Booker has been ordered to repay clients, a figure that is growing almost daily. On Tuesday, Bankruptcy Judge Margaret Dee McGarity also ordered Booker to refund $529 to two clients.
