Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Florida Bar v. Rhubottom
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 14, 1961No. 40038PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNAL, Justice.
Respondent Rhubottom, a member of The Florida Bar, seeks review and reversal of a. judgment of the Board of Governors finding him guilty of unprofessional conduct and prescribing certain disciplinary measures.
We are called upon to consider the evidence and to determine whether the lawyer has committed violations of the Canons of Ethics.
Andrew L. Rhubottom graduated from law college and was admitted to the practice of law in Florida in 1955. Among his early clients was a Mrs. Mabel S. Wood, who was approximately seventy-eight years of age when Rhubottom initiated a series of…
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