The Florida Bar v. Hawkins

444 So.2d 961 (1984)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant,

v.

Virgil D. HAWKINS, Respondent.

No. 61941.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 26, 1984.

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Tallahassee, Stanley A. Spring, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, and David G. McGunegle, Bar Counsel, Orlando, for complainant.

Virgil D. Hawkins, in pro. per.

This cause is before us on a petition of The Florida Bar for review of a referee's report and recommendation. We have original jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

Respondent is a seventy-six-year-old sole practitioner with no prior record of disciplinary convictions…