Legal Opinion
Florida Bar re Hochman
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided October 19, 2006No. SC03-707PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
We have for review a referee’s report recommending that Alan R. Hochman be reinstated to the practice of law in Florida. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. For reasons explained below, we reject the referee’s recommendation that Hochman be reinstated. By presenting no evidence of his drug or alcohol rehabilitation at the hearing below, Hoch-man failed to carry his burden of proving rehabilitation.
In 1998, attorney Alan Robert Hochman was suspended for three years for misappropriating clients’ funds.1 The underlying facts are set forth in our opinion in Florida Bar v. Hochman,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The Florida Bar in Re InglisSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- In Re Amendments to Rules Regulating Fl BarSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
- The Florida Bar v. HochmanSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
- Florida Bar re GrusmarkSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
- Florida Bar ex rel. McGrawSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
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3Cited by1 opinion
- The Florida Bar Ex Rel. WolfSupreme Court of Florida · 2009