Florida Bar v. Adams

This disciplinary proceeding is before us upon the complaint of The Florida Bar and the report of a referee. Neither The Florida Bar nor the respondent have petitioned for review of the report. We have jurisdiction. Art. Y, § 15, Fla. Const.; Fla.Bar Integr.Rule, art. XI, Rule 11.09.

The referee found that respondent engaged in unethical conduct by failing to notify a business partner of the sale of some property by respondent as trustee for a group of investors and failing to make a timely accounting of funds received from the sale. The referee recommended that respondent be suspended from…