In Re William B. Dawson, Iii, an Attorney

FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an en banc order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida suspending William B. Dawson, III, from practice in the Southern District.

The controversy arose as a result of Dawson’s disbarment from the practice of law by the Florida Supreme Court. Florida Bar v. Dawson, 318 So.2d 385, 386 (Fla.), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 995, 96 S.Ct. 422, 46 L.Ed.2d 369 (1975). The principal basis for the disbarment was a referee’s finding that Dawson had made regular monetary advancements to a substantial number of his…