The Florida Bar v. Ryan F. C. Mitchell

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2023-0869 ____________ THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, vs. RYAN F. C. MITCHELL, Respondent. May 15, 2025 PER CURIAM. The Florida Bar seeks review of a referee’s report recommending that Respondent, Ryan F. C. Mitchell, be found guilty of violating the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar and publicly reprimanded based on his plea of no contest to two criminal misdemeanors for physically assaulting his wife and throwing her cellphone into a pool.1 The Bar challenges the referee’s recommended sanction, contending that a public reprimand is too lenient and…