TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Supreme Court has ordered a public reprimand of attorney David A. Fernandez of Bradenton. The court also ordered that he complete the Florida Bar’s ethics school.
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida
Supreme Court granted attorney Patrick John Hammergren’s request for
disciplinary revocation, which is tantamount to disbarment, with permission to apply
for readmission after five years.
TALLAHASSEE - A proposed rule permitting spouses of military personnel
stationed in Florida to practice law in the state if they hold licenses elsewhere was presented to the Florida Bar's Board of Governors recently.
TALLAHASSEE – An attorney was publicly reprimanded and placed on probation for a year for allegedly failing to properly monitor and supervise trust fund accounting and procedures.
TALLAHASSEE – The Supreme Court of Florida ordered the immediate suspension from practice of an attorney accused of misappropriating thousands of dollars sent to her in error.
TALLAHASSEE – An Altamonte Springs attorney has been suspended for 10 days, after which he will be placed on probation, after allegedly failing to inform the Florida State Bar of his criminal convictions.
PASCO – The Florida Bar is recommending a five-year disbarment for Pasco attorney and real estate investor Constantine Kalogianis for allegedly convincing an elderly woman to give him nearly $230,000 under the façade of a real estate investment and then failing to pay it back.
TALLAHASSEE – Attorneys in the state of Florida are now one step closer to being allowed to open trust accounts at Florida Credit Unions, the Florida Bar Board of Governors announced earlier this month.
TALLAHASSEE – Based on the summaries of orders that were issued between April 4 and June 30, the Florida Bar disciplined 32 attorneys for various offenses, ranging from six disbarments, two revocations, 16 suspensions, and eight public reprimands. Additionally, two attorneys received probation and one was required to pay restitution.
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Bar recently filed a complaint against attorney Bernardo Roman III for three lawsuits that he filed against Michael Tein and Guy Lewis with the Lewis Tein law firm.
TAMPA – Tampa attorney Dennis A. Lopez was appointed to the Florida Bar Code and Rules of Evidence Committee earlier this month. Lopez joins 44 other Florida attorneys serving on the committee, which plays an important role in determining the rules that govern the admission and consideration of evidence in Florida's courts.
TALLAHASSEE – Florida law requires Florida Supreme Court justices and appeals court judges to be placed on the ballot in nonpartisan elections every six years for voters to re-elect them or not, and this year, there will be 31 such options on the ballot.
TALLAHASSEE – Adam Robert Filthaut, an attorney who practiced law with Adams & Diaco in Tampa, is still facing the possibility of permanent disbarment for allegedly participating in the orchestration of the wrongful arrest of an opposing counsel in a high-profile, multimillion dollar case.
TALLAHASSEE – Robert Adams, a Tampa attorney who worked with the Adams & Diaco law firm, was charged by the Florida Bar with several violations of the ethical standards for lawyers. He, along with two other attorneys, was accused of acting to orchestrate the DUI arrest of opposing counsel in a high-profile, multimillion dollar case to benefit his firm and his client.
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Conference of Circuit Court Judges is tackling a sensitive subject: should a judge be able to postpone a trial when a pregnant lawyer enters her final trimester?
NAPLES – Allison B. Christensen and Jamie B. Schwinghamer, litigation attorneys with Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, were reappointed to the board of directors of the Collier County Women’s Bar Association (CCWBA).
