Supreme Court of Florida

In an attorney discipline case, a referee's finding of guilt is approved, but the suspension recommendation is rejected as too lenient where: 1) the referee's findings of aggravating factors, with one exception, were supported by competent and substantial evidence; and 2) defendant's concealment from the state bar of his nolo contendere pleas to felonies was egregious misconduct warranting an eighteen-month suspension.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/16/2008
• Published 10/16/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin P. Tynan of Richardson and Tynan, P.L.C., Tamarac, FL, for Respondent.