Supreme Court of Florida

A referee's report recommending that an individual be found guilty of professional misconduct and suspended from the practice of law for three years is approved in part as to the findings of fact and recommendations as to guilt. However, findings regarding aggravating and mitigating circumstances, as well as the recommended discipline, are rejected and instead respondent is disbarred for five years because the mitigation in the case did not outweigh the seriousness of the offenses, which primarily involved client trust accounting issues.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2007
• Published 03/29/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and Kenneth Lawrence Marvin, Director of Lawyer Regulation, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, and Carlos Alberto Leon, Bar Counsel, The Florida Bar, Miami, FL, for Complainant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard Baron of Baron and Associates, Miami, FL, for Respondent.