The Florida Bar v. Merwin

636 So.2d 717 (1994)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant,

v.

William R. MERWIN, Respondent.

No. 81169.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 12, 1994.

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, John T. Berry, Staff Counsel, and James N. Watson, Jr., Bar Counsel, Tallahassee, for complainant.

Joseph E. Warren, Jacksonville, for respondent.

This matter is before the Court on complaint from The Florida Bar and the referee's report. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

The referee found that in 1991 William R. Merwin was hired as divorce counsel for Kimberly Darty Hodgins and in the course of the divorce…