FLORIDA
Florida Record
TALLAHASSEE — Bruce Charles Fehr, who was admitted to the Florida Bar more than 20 years ago, was disbarred from practicing law in Florida by the state Supreme Court on Jan. 29 after he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography.
According to an report by TV station WSAV, Fehr was working as an Episcopal priest in the Savannah, Georgia area when he was arrested for downloading the child pornography. Fehr will serve three years in prison for the criminal conviction after making his plea on Nov. 18, 2015 in U.S. district court in Georgia, according to court documents. A plea agreement was accepted on Nov. 30, 2015. Fehr was sentenced on March 30, 2016, and surrendered himself to a federal prison on April 29, 2016, to serve his sentence.
The attorney’s conduct violated the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar Rule 4-8.4(b), which states that “a lawyer shall not commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects.”
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