Florida Bar v. Adler

We have for review a referee’s report recommending that Respondent Russell Samuel Adler be found guilty of professional misconduct and suspended from the practice of law for thirty days. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

For the reasons more fully explained below, we approve the referee’s findings of fact, as well as her recommendations that Respondent be found guilty of violating the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar. We disapprove the referee’s recommendation that Respondent be suspended for thirty days. Considering Respondent’s improper conduct, and especially his false…