Florida Bar v. Lathe

Respondent Jeffrey Brian Lathe petitions this Court to review a referee’s report recommending that he be suspended for ninety-one days as discipline for committing ethical breaches. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

FACTS

Lathe represented the defendants in a case entitled Florida. Select Citrus, Inc. v. Big Squeeze Corp., a Florida Corporation d/b/a Big Squeeze Juice and Michael Fisher, individually and d/b/a Big Squeeze Juice, filed in the Circuit Court of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, in and for Lake County, presided over by the Honorable Jerry T. Lockett. The plaintiffs…