Supreme Court of Florida

A referee's report regarding alleged ethical breaches by an attorney in administering a probate estate is approved as to the findings of fact and conclusions as to guilt, but disapproved as to the recommended discipline as a two-year suspension recommended by the referee was not reasonably supported by the caselaw as the attorney's conduct was not as egregious as attorneys who had received such discipline.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/12/2007
• Published 04/12/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and Kenneth L. Marvin, Director of Lawyer Regulation, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, and Alan Anthony Pascal, Bar Counsel, The Florida Bar, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Complainant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Shelley Goldman Maurice, pro se, Boynton Beach, FL, for Respondent.