Florida Bar

This proceeding is before us on petition of The Florida Bar to review a referee’s recommendation of reinstatement into the Bar. We have jurisdiction under article V, section 15 of the Florida Constitution, and approve the referee’s recommendation.

The Bar raises two arguments for disapproving the recommendation. First, the Bar argues that it was abuse of the referee’s discretion to deny the Bar’s motion for a continuance. It is within the referee’s sound discretion to decide whether to grant a motion for continuance. The Florida Bar v. Lipman, 497 So.2d 1165 (Fla.1986). Besides the…