Supreme Court of Florida

A referee's report recommending that an individual be reinstated to the practice of law in Florida is rejected where the suspended attorney failed to carry his burden of proving rehabilitation as he presented no evidence of his drug or alcohol rehabilitation at a hearing below.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/19/2006
• Published 10/19/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Kenneth L. Marvin, Director of Lawyer Regulation, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, and Randi Klayman Lazarus, Bar Counsel, The Florida Bar, Miami, Florida, for Complainant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard B. Marx, Miami, Florida, and Joseph P. Klock, Jr., and Leslie Rothenberg of Steel, Hector and Davis, LLP, Miami, Florida, for Respondent.