Florida Bar v. Abrams

This disciplinary proceeding is before us on complaint of The Florida Bar. Respondent petitions for review of the report of referee, arguing that it is, in various portions, deficient, erroneous, unlawful, unjustified, and improper.

The complaint filed by the bar contended that respondent, who practices law in Micronesia, represented three defendants in a criminal case; that in the course of said representation, respondent interviewed three government witnesses who had been promised immunity in exchange for testimony damaging to respondent’s clients; that respondent advised the three witnesses…