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The Florida Bar is moving to disqualify one of its former presidents as counsel from a case that is being brought against the statewide lawyer’s association.
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&&& Tampa attorney Patricia Anne Horal has been suspended for 90 days following a Nov. 9 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations she had an improper business partnership in 2014 with a man who wasn't a lawyer but who later was prosecuted for practicing law without a license.
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Deland attorney Andy Treusch has been suspended for three years following a Nov. 2 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations that included allowing non-attorneys to practice law and representing a client when there was a clear conflict of interest.
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Tampa attorney George John Francis Werner has been suspended for one year following a Nov. 16 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations he neglected a client matter and assisted another person to practice law without a license.
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Vero Beach attorney Norman A. Green, practicing in Florida for 43 years, has been publicly reprimanded by publication in the Southern Reporter following a Nov. 2 Florida Supreme Court order over a property transfer issue in a marital settlement agreement.
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Anna Maria attorney Charles Houston Webb has been suspended for 60 days and placed on year's probation following a Nov. 30 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations that included suing clients and foreclosing on their property to recover legal fees.
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Coral Springs attorney Christopher Lee Buttermore has been disbarred following a Nov. 21 Florida Supreme Court order after being found in contempt for failing to comply with previous court orders.
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Jacksonville attorney Reginald Estell Jr. has been voluntarily disbarred following a Nov. 2 Florida Supreme Court following allegations he failed to respond to a Florida State Bar inquiry and a subpoena for trust records and neglected traffic cases.
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Davie attorney George Jay Blutstein, practicing in Florida for about 60 years, has been disbarred following a Nov. 2 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations he misappropriated client funds.
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Miami attorney Kenneth Joseph Kukec has been suspended for one year following a Sept. 22 Florida Supreme Court order after he was found in contempt for failing to comply with requirements of previous suspensions that stem for cocaine charges in 2014.
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Miami attorney Christopher Steven Jones has been disbarred following an Oct.18 Florida Supreme Court order that found him in contempt for failing to comply with requirements if previous suspensions that stem from a felony plea in spring 2016.
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The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission has instituted formal proceedings against Judge Claudia Robinson for potential abuses of power.
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Sarasota attorney Jordan Lloyd Wallach, practicing law for 38 years, has been suspended until further order following an Oct. 27 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations he misappropriated at least $215,000 in client funds.
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Orlando attorney Victor Felix Rodriguez has agreed to his own disbarment following an Oct. 26 Florida Supreme Court order after the Florida Bar Association alleged he misappropriated of funds from clients and his former employer and failed to maintain trust account compliance.
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Tampa attorney Byron John Nenos Jr. has been suspended until further order following an Oct. 16 Florida Supreme Court order that found him in contempt for failing to respond to an official Florida Bar Association inquiry into complaints filed against him.
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Miami attorney Gregg R. Lopez has been suspended three years following a Sept. 25 Florida Supreme Court order that found him in contempt for failing to comply with requirements of previous suspensions that stem from a Florida Bar Association inquiry into his client trust account.
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West Palm Beach attorney David Andrew Jaynes has been suspended following a Sept. 22 Florida Supreme Court order that found him in contempt for failing to comply with requirements of his suspension handed down this past March.
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Orlando attorney Michael Kevin Rathel has been disbarred following a Nov. 1 Florida Supreme Court order that found him in contempt for failing to comply with requirements of previous suspensions that stem from a Florida Bar Association inquiry into a second mortgage on his home.
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Fort Lauderdale attorney Mark Mayer Spatz has agreed to his own disbarment following an Oct. 26 Florida Supreme Court order after his arrest in September for alleged involvement in a patient brokering scheme.
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Miami Beach attorney Erwin Rosenberg has been permanently disbarred following a Sept. 25 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations he continue to practice law after being disbarred in April and challenged the high court's authority to say he can't.
