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Pembroke Pines attorney who pleaded no contest in drug case disbarred for keeping $9,000
Pembroke Pines attorney Marcy Elizabeth Abitz has been disbarred following a May 25 Florida Supreme Court order for allegedly keeping $9,000 mistakenly mailed to her by an insurance group. -
West Palm Beach attorney disbarred over failure to communicate with clients, withholding settlements
West Palm Beach attorney Mirta Desir has been disbarred following a May 11 Florida Supreme Court order over Desir's alleged failure to communicate with clients, not giving a full refund, withholding a file and refusing a bar arbitrator's order to issue funds from a settlement. -
Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal grants rehearing in fraud case
A Florida appeals court has granted a motion for rehearing in the state attorney general's fraud case against a Broward County foreclosure relief company and its top officer. -
Gulf Breeze attorney disbarred after guilty plea to 13 felonies
Gulf Breeze attorney Richard Michael Colbert has been disbarred following a May 11 Florida Supreme Court order after his guilty plea to 13 felonies including theft, embezzlement, misappropriation, money laundering, and bank and mail fraud. -
Fort Lauderdale attorney disbarred after grand theft auto guilty plea
Fort Lauderdale attorney Joseph Cichowski has been disbarred following a May 11 Florida Supreme Court order after being found guilty of grand theft auto. -
Estero attorney publicly reprimanded for not complying to a court order in timely manner
Estero attorney Katherine M. Mohr has been publicly reprimanded following a May 25 Florida Supreme Court order after being found in contempt for an alleged failure to comply in a timely manner with a Jan. 5 court order. -
Miami's Civilian Investigative Panel loses power to subpoena officers after Florida Supreme Court decision
Following the Florida Supreme Court's June 22 decision that Miami’s Civilian Investigative Panel (CIP) cannot subpoena an officer who is under investigation, the CIP contends this decision will not affect the organization. -
Indiana attorney practicing in Florida disbarred over alleged misconduct
Indiana attorney Courtney Krudy, who has been practicing in Florida for four years, has been disbarred following a May 25 Florida Supreme Court order after resigning from the state bar in her home state during an investigation into allegations she had misappropriated funds from her previous law firm. -
Attorney disbarred in Florida, two other states over misappropriation, misrepresentation
Alabama attorney David Erickson Hudgens, practicing in Florida for 34 years, has been disbarred following a May 11 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations of misappropriation, misrepresentation and the filing of false reports in Alabama. -
Florida medical community has few options after cap on non-economic damages shot down
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida medical community is still weighing its next steps following the June 8 Florida Supreme Court ruling, North Broward Hospital District v. Kalitan, that declared caps on non-economic damages (pain and suffering) unconstitutional. Options range from the futile and expensive to none. -
Tampa attorney suspended 3 years following federal conviction regarding marijuana money
Tampa attorney Joe Manuel Gonzalez has been suspended for three years following a May 4 Florida Supreme Court order after his 2016 guilty plea to a felony for structuring financial transactions to avoid currency requirements in a marijuana case. -
Lauderdale Lakes attorney suspended over mishandling funds in marital dissolution case
Lauderdale Lakes attorney Phillip J. Brutus has been suspended for one year, followed by two years' probation, following a May 4 opinion by the Florida Supreme Court for improperly disbursing in a divorce proceeding. -
New York attorney suspended in Florida over misappropriating client funds, complaints
TALLAHASSEE — Port Jefferson Station, New York, attorney Brian Christopher Morris has been suspended following a May 5 Florida Supreme Court order over allegations he misappropriated client funds and numerous complaints received by the Florida Bar. -
Coral Gables attorney suspended twice in two months for failing to cooperate with state bar inquiries
Coral Gables attorney Aura Olivas, who is facing allegations she'd misappropriated more than $300,000, has been suspended until further order following a May 3 Florida Supreme Court order for not cooperating in a state bar investigation. -
Clermont attorney suspended over alleged financial irregularities involving elderly clients
Clermont attorney Dennis L. Horton has been suspended until further order following a May 3 Florida Supreme Court order for allegations of financial irregularities involving elderly clients and using trust funds to cover operating account overdrafts. -
Ponte Vedra Beach attorney suspended for not cooperating with inquiry into trust account
TALLAHASSEE — Ponte Vedra Beach attorney Neil Wayne Platock has been suspended for three years following a June 15 Florida Supreme Court order for failing to cooperate in a Florida Bar inquiry into alleged irregularities in a trust account. -
Fort Lauderdale attorney allegedly didn't know he was suspended while practicing
TALLAHASSEE — Fort Lauderdale attorney Peter G. Stamas has been suspended for two years following a May 4 Florida Supreme Court order for practicing law while he was suspended when he allegedly didn't know he was suspended. -
Panama City attorney reprimanded after disclosing relationship with client
TALLAHASSEE — Panama City attorney Carl Wesley Pittman, who had been in practice for more than 40 years, has been publicly reprimanded following a May 4 Florida Supreme Court order over a sexual relationship between with a client. -
Orlando attorney disbarred for overdrafting more than $58,000 from trust account
Orlando attorney Paul R. Linder has been disbarred following an April 20 Florida Supreme Court order regarding allegations he overdrafted more than $58,000 from a client trust account. -
Florida Supreme Court finds cap on medical negligence award unconstitutional
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the 4th District Court of Appeal's decision to deem a statute unconstitutional that would cap noneconomic damages in a personal injury case.