Florida Bar v. Palmer

We have for review a referee’s report recommending that respondent Robert V. Palmer be found in indirect criminal contempt of the Court’s 1991 order disbarring him from the practice of law in Florida, and that he be incarcerated for a period of sixty days, among other sanctions. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. As discussed below, we approve the referee’s findings of fact, recommendations as to guilt,' and the recommended sanctions in their entirety.

BACKGROUND

Robert Palmer was disbarred from the practice of law in Florida on October 31, 1991. Fla. Bar v. Palmer, 588 So.2d…