FLORIDA BAR v. BLACKWELL (2021)

This is before the Court on The Florida Bar's Petition for Contempt and Order to Show Cause.

The Court having issued its Order to Show Cause to respondent and respondent having failed to file a response to said Order to Show Cause,

IT IS ORDERED that respondent is held in contempt of this Court's order in Florida Board of Bar Examiners Re: B.A.B., 251 So.3d 802 (Fla. 2018). As a sanction, respondent's conditional admission is revoked, effective thirty days from the date of this order so that respondent can close out his practice and protect the interests of existing clients. If respondent notifies this Court in writing that he is no longer practicing and does not need the thirty days to protect existing clients, this Court will enter an order making the revocation effective immediately. Respondent shall thereafter not be a member of The Florida Bar and shall not engage in the practice of law in the State of Florida.

Respondent is ordered to pay the monitoring fee arrearages in the amount of $375.00 to Florida Lawyers Assistance, Inc. within thirty days of this order.

Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300, for recovery of costs from Beau Adam Blackwell in the amount of $1,250.00, for which sum let execution issue.

Not final until time expires to file motion for rehearing, and if filed, determined. The filing of a motion for rehearing shall not alter the effective date of the revocation of conditional admission.

A True Copy

Test:

John A. Tomasino

Clerk, Supreme Court

CANADY, C.J., and POLSTON, LABARGA, LAWSON, MUÑIZ, COURIEL, and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.