The Florida Bar v. Herman

We have for review a referee’s report recommending that Jeffrey Marc Herman be found guilty of professional misconduct and suspended from the practice of law for ninety days followed by a period of probation for two years, publicly reprimanded, and taxed with costs. The terms of the probation period recommended by the referee included the requirement that Herman perform two hundred hours of pro bono legal services at a rate of one hundred hours per year. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

For the reasons expressed below, we approve the referee’s findings of fact and…