Florida Supreme Court Disciplines 22 Attorneys

The following information was obtained on The Florida Bar’s website:
Summaries of orders issued between Feb. 15 – March 11, 2013

The Florida Bar, announced that the Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined 22 attorneys; disbarring five, suspending 13 and publicly reprimanding four. Three attorneys received more than one form of discipline. Two were placed on probation and one was ordered to pay restitution.  The Florida Bar and its Department of Lawyer Regulation are charged with administering a statewide disciplinary system to enforce Supreme Court rules of professional conduct for the 95,000-plus lawyers admitted to practice law in Florida. Since 2007, case files have been posted to attorneys’ individual Florida Bar profiles and may be reviewed at and/or downloaded from The Florida Bar’s website.

This ends the information from the Florida Bar’s website.

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