Florida Bar v. Grant

This attorney discipline proceeding is before us on a complaint of The Florida Bar against Richard W. Grant, Grant’s conditional guilty plea for consent judgment, and the report of a referee. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. We accept Grant’s guilty plea and approve the referee's report.

The conditional guilty plea stated that Grant, as city attorney for Marianna, Florida, undertook the representation and defense of Marianna in a federal civil rights action. Grant failed to answer several discovery requests made by the plaintiffs and did not respond to court orders or attend…