Supreme Court of Florida

In attorney disciplinary proceedings, a referee's report recommending that respondent-attorney be found guilty of professional misconduct and be suspended from the practice of law for three years is approved as to its findings of fact and recommendations as to guilt but the court rejects findings of mitigation and the recommended discipline. Instead, due to the serious nature of the misconduct, as well as the harm respondent caused, the court finds disbarment is warranted.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/10/2008
• Published 01/10/2008

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 Jan K. Wichrowski, Bar Counsel, The Florida Bar, Orlando, FL, for Complainant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barry Rigby of the Law Office of Barry Rigby, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Respondent.