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THE FLORIDA BAR v. VERNELL

No. 66013.

502 So.2d 1228 (1987)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Louis VERNELL, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and John T. Berry, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, and Thomas Edward Backmeyer, Patricia S. Etkin and Randi Klayman Lazarus, Bar Counsels, Miami, for complainant.

Louis Vernell, Jr., North Miami Beach, in pro. per.

EHRLICH, Justice.

This disciplinary proceeding is before us following a complaint by The Florida Bar and hearings thereon before a referee appointed by this Court. Both the bar and respondent petition for review of the referee's report. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

The facts culminating in the bar's complaint arose from respondent's representation of William Fahrenkopf. In 1978 Fahrenkopf was rendered a paraplegic after having surgery...

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