THE FLORIDA BAR v. LAWLESS

No. 80117.

640 So.2d 1098 (1994)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. William F. LAWLESS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and John T. Berry, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, and Jan K. Wichrowski, Bar Counsel, Orlando, for complainant.

John A. Weiss, Tallahassee, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

This attorney-discipline proceeding is before the Court on petition of The Florida Bar. We have jurisdiction based on article V, § 15 of the Florida Constitution.

In its petition for review, The Florida Bar contests the ninety-day suspension that the referee recommended for William F. Lawless based on his handling of an immigration case. The Bar urges this Court to impose a ninety-one-day suspension because it would require proof of rehabilitation...

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