Florida Bar v. Karahalis

I respectfully dissent from the decision to disbar Alan John Karahalis. The actions for which this Court now disbars Karahalis occurred in Massachusetts in 1985. The disciplinary proceedings in Massachusetts that arose from this same misconduct resulted not in disbarment, but in a four-year suspension from the practice of law retroactive to October 24, 1997.3 See In re Karahalis, 429 Mass. 121, 706 N.E.2d 655 (1999).

Although the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court considered an indefinite suspension, that Court distinguished the facts of this case from other cases of bribery. See id. at 657.…