Florida Board of Bar Examiners re Papy

Stephen A. Papy, Sr., has petitioned this Court to review the recommendation of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners that he be denied readmission to The Florida Bar. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed below, we approve the Board’s recommendation that Papy not be readmitted to the Bar at this time.

BACKGROUND

Papy was originally admitted to the practice of law in Florida in 1984. By order of this Court dated January 15,1998, the Court granted Papy’s petition for disciplinary resignation with leave to seek readmission after three years.

Papy sought…