Florida Bar

This matter is here on a petition for reinstatement to The Florida Bar. Petitioner was suspended from the practice of *258law for six months by this Court’s order dated February 21, 1974.1 Prior to the expiration of his six-month suspension, petitioner filed a request for reinstatement with The Florida Bar. An evidentiary hearing was conducted before a referee, at which time petitioner sought to establish rehabilitation 2 by his direct testimony, the testimony of one other witness and by filing four personal letters supportive of his petition. The Bar introduced evidence of petitioner’s prior…