Florida Bar v. Reese

The Florida Bar, asking for disbarment, seeks review of the referee’s recommended discipline in this bar grievance case. We approve the referee’s report and adopt his recommendation of discipline. That report reads as follows:

FINDINGS OF FACT

From the evidence, the Referee finds:

Case No. 61,276:

Count 1. (a) In 1978, Respondent was representing a defendant, llene Lucas, in a foreclosure case pending in the Circuit Court, St. Johns County, Florida. In the course of the litigation, there was a change in the interest of the plaintiff, and Respondent undertook to and did secure a former associate…