Florida Bar re Janssen

The Florida Bar filed a petition for review of the referee’s recommendation that Dennis Janssen’s petition for reinstatement to the practice of law be granted. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 15 of the Florida Constitution.

Janssen was suspended from the practice of law in May 1992 for one year based upon trust account violations and shortages and improprieties related to receiving loans from clients. The Fla. Bar v. Janssen, 599 So.2d 659 (Fla.1992). Janssen filed a petition for reinstatement on May 17, 1993.

During a May 27, 1993, meeting with the Bar staff investigator,…