Florida Bar v. Farver

I concur with the Court’s judgment of guilt but dissent as to the discipline imposed.

The Court’s opinion recites that “the record reflects that Farver intentionally deprived his law firm of fees paid to him by the firm’s clients.” This is a polite euphemistic way of saying that he stole or misappropriated fees that rightly belonged to the law firm by whom he was employed. The Court approves the referee’s recommended suspension of one year.

Neither party sought review of the referee’s findings of fact. The bar urges us to suspend respondent for two years. Respondent asks that his suspension be…