Supreme Court of Florida

In Florida Bar's complaint against a lawyer for ethical breaches, referee's findings are affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) defendant-lawyer has failed to meet his burden of proving that the referee's findings of fact are not supported by the record; and 2) referee's recommendation of a sixty-day suspension is rejected and instead, defendant is suspended from the practice of law for one year and thereafter until he proves rehabilitation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/07/2010
• Published 01/07/2010

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Kenneth Lawrence Marvin, Staff Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, and JoAnn Marie Stalcup, Bar Counsel, The Florida Bar, Orlando, FL, for Complainant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Vernon Head, pro se, Orlando, FL, for Respondent.