THE FLORIDA BAR v. LANCASTER

No. 60850.

448 So.2d 1019 (1984)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Alex P. LANCASTER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and John T. Berry, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, and Patricia J. Brown, Branch Staff Counsel, Tampa, for complainant.

Richard T. Earle, Jr., of Earle & Earle, St. Petersburg, and Robert Jackson McGill of the Law Offices of Robert Jackson McGill, Venice, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

We have for review a referee's report recommending that Alex P. Lancaster be disbarred. We have jurisdiction pursuant to our authority to regulate the discipline of persons admitted to the practice of law in this state. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. We decline to adopt the referee's recommendation and instead order that respondent be suspended from the practice of law for two years.

The Florida Bar instituted this disciplinary proceeding by filing...

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