THE FLORIDA BAR v. SAVITT

No. 54658.

363 So.2d 559 (1978)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Petitioner, v. Richard S. SAVITT and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 12, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard H. Dempsey, Jr., Chairman of Standing Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, Orlando, and H. Glenn Boggs, II, Asst. Staff Counsel-UPL, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

William H. McBride, Jr., of Holland & Knight, Tampa, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

This action was initially brought by The Florida Bar pursuant to Article XVI of the Integration Rule, to obtain an injunction restraining respondents from engaging in the unauthorized practice of law in Florida. The petition alleged that respondent Stroock & Stroock & Lavan ("the firm"), an interstate law firm having its principal office in New York, opened an office in Miami on or about April 1, 1977, and that respondent Savitt, a partner of the...

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