The Florida Bar v. Stephen Matthew Bander

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2021-0011 ____________ THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, vs. STEPHEN MATTHEW BANDER, Respondent. May 11, 2023 PER CURIAM. Respondent, Stephen Matthew Bander, seeks review of a referee’s report recommending that he be found guilty of professional misconduct and disbarred for failing to place client funds in his trust account, failing to timely provide refunds to his clients for double payment of attorney’s fees, and using the fees to pay firm operating expenses. 1 Bander challenges the referee’s findings of fact and recommendations as to guilt, arguing…