THE FLORIDA BAR v. NUCKOLLS

No. 69639.

521 So.2d 1120 (1988)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Petitioner, v. Hugh Paul NUCKOLLS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and John T. Berry, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, and David M. Barnovitz, Bar Counsel, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Alan C. Sundberg and F. Townsend Hawkes of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith, Cutler & Kent, P.A., Tallahassee, and Harry A. Blair and Marilyn Miller, Fort Myers, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The Florida Bar petitions this Court to adopt the referee's report recommending that Hugh Paul Nuckolls be suspended for a period of four months. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. We adopt the referee's findings of fact but impose a sanction of ninety days' suspension.

In its complaint, the Bar charged respondent with three counts of misconduct. The referee recommended a finding of...

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