Florida Board of Bar Examiners re P.T.R.

I dissent because, as in Florida Board of Bar Examiners re J.A.S., 658 So.2d 515 (Fla.1995), the majority erroneously substitutes its judgment for that of the Board. I do not find in P.T.R.’s brief or in the majority’s opinion a sound basis for doing this.

I am also impressed by and agree with what this Court said at the time P.T.R. was disbarred:

The Bar argues that this conduct warrants disbarment regardless of the mitigating factors found by the referee. We agree. We recognized in The Florida Bar v. Breed, 378 So.2d 783 (Fla.1979), that theft of client funds is one of the most serious…