The Florida Bar Ex Rel. Wolf

We have for review a referee’s report recommending that Michael Howard Wolf be reinstated to the practice of law in Florida. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. For the reasons stated below, we reject the referee’s recommendation that Wolf be reinstated. Wolf failed to prove rehabilitation by failing to strictly comply with this Court’s suspension order, in that he engaged in the practice of law while under suspension. He has also failed to prove rehabilitation by continuing to demonstrate financial irresponsibility, the character flaw that caused or greatly contributed to the…