Florida Bar v. Valdes

This disciplinary proceeding is before us on complaint of The Florida Bar and the referee’s uncontested report. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

The Florida Bar filed a petition praying this Court to find Jomar Aurelio Valdes in indirect criminal contempt for the continuing unauthorized practice of law in Florida. The Bar alleged that respondent is not, and was not at any time material to its petition, a member of The Florida Bar nor licensed to practice law in Florida; that on numerous occasions respondent represented himself as an attorney authorized to practice law in…