Florida Bar re Wolfe

This proceeding is before the Court on a petition to review the referee’s findings of fact and recommendation that Joe Rawls Wolfe’s petition for reinstatement to the practice of law be denied. In 1995, Wolfe was suspended from the practice of law for three years. See Florida Bar v. Wolfe, 664 So.2d 250 (Fla.1995). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed herein, we reject the referee’s factual findings and recommendation and order that Wolfe be reinstated as an active member of The Florida Bar.

In October 1995, Wolfe and counsel for the Bar signed a…