The Florida Bar v. Susan K. W. Erlenbach

We have for review an uncontested referee’s report recommending that Susan K.W. Erlenbach be found guilty of professional misconduct and suspended for eighty-nine days, followed by a two-year period of probation. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. After considering the parties’ responses to our order to show cause,1 we approve the referee’s findings of fact and recommendations of guilt. We disapprove the recommended sanction and, instead, impose a one-year suspension, followed by a two-year period of probation.

FACTS

The Florida Bar filed a complaint alleging that Respondent…