Florida Bar v. Newhouse

These disciplinary proceedings are before the Court for consideration of the referee’s reports. We consolidated the two cases for disposition in one opinion. Our review of these uncontested referee’s reports is governed by rule 3-7.6 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar.

In case no. 70,115, the referee found that in a previous bar discipline case, respondent attempted to obtain this Court’s consideration of a late-filed petition for review by claiming that his retained attorney had agreed to represent him in the proceeding and had then failed to timely file the petition for review. The…