Legal Opinion
Gainsburg v. The Florida Bar
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided June 13, 2024No. 0:23-cv-61877Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 23-cv-61877-ALTMAN/Hunt BARRY R. GAINSBURG, Plaintiff, v. THE FLORIDA BAR, et al., Defendants. ___________________________/ OMNIBUS ORDER Our Plaintiff, Barry R. Gainsburg, was once a licensed Florida lawyer. But, when Gainsburg was arrested on criminal charges in 2020, he tried to avoid having the Florida Bar throw him out. So, he began asking the Bar to allow him to “retire” from the practice of law—a request the Bar promptly denied. Undeterred, Gainsburg has now moved the Bar to let him retire seven different times—and the…
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