Florida Board of Bar Examiners re W.H.V.D.

This is a petition for review of a recommendation by the Florida Board of Bar Examiners that W.H.V.D. be denied admission to The Florida Bar. We have jurisdiction based on article V, section 15 of the Florida Constitution.

We decline to order W.H.V.D.’s admission to the Bar because we find that he has not shown sufficient rehabilitation.

W.H.V.D. graduated from law school in 1955 and was admitted to the bar in another state in 1956. He applied for admission to The Florida Bar in 1988, then passed the bar exam and the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination that same year.

The Board…