The Florida Bar v. Liberman

We have for review a referee’s report recommending that the Court accept respondent’s unconditional guilty plea and consent judgment for discipline, suspending respondent from The Florida Bar for three years. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. As more fully explained below, after consideration of the referee’s report, the guilty plea and consent judgment, and the parties’ joint response to the Court’s order to show cause why respondent should not be disbarred, we disapprove the proposed sanction of a three-year suspension and disbar respondent effective, nunc pro tunc, July…