Florida Bar v. Hastings

Pursuant to Rule 3-7.8(a) of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, attorney Lawrence V. Hastings has filed a stipulation to probable cause, conditional guilty plea and consent judgment regarding certain charges of professional misconduct. The Florida Bar has petitioned for approval of the consent judgment.

In his conditional guilty plea, respondent admits that he practiced law under the firm name “Hastings and Goldman” and that by doing so he offered himself out to the public as having a partnership with Mr. Samuel Goldman. During part of the period in which this firm name was used, Mr.…