Florida Bar v. Penny

For various acts of professional misconduct a referee recommended that respondent be suspended from the practice of law for a period of five years. The Board of Governors approved the findings of guilty but entered a judgment of permanent disbarment. Under Integration Rule 11.10, 31 F.S.A., this judgment would prevent the respondent from ever being reinstated to membership in The Florida Bar. Implicit in such a conclusion is a finding that the respondent has demonstrated that it is unlikely that he can rehabilitate himself sufficiently to return to the profession as an honorable member. Our…