THE FLORIDA BAR v. EIDSON

No. 86514.

703 So.2d 442 (1997)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Charles A. EIDSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Blumberg, President, Miami; Howard C. Coker, President-elect, Jacksonville; John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, John T. Berry, Staff Counsel and Mary Ellen Bateman, Unlicensed Practice of Law Counsel, Tallahassee; John A. Yanchunis, Chair, Standing Committee on Unlicensed Practice of Law, St. Petersburg; and Loretta C. O'Keeffe, Branch UPL Counsel, Tampa, for The Florida Bar, Complainant.

Charles A. Eidson, Tampa, Respondent, pro se.


PER CURIAM.

We have before us the complaint of The Florida Bar and a referee's report regarding the unlicensed practice of law by respondent Charles A. Eidson. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

The Bar filed a one-count petition in 1995 alleging that Eidson, a person unlicensed to practice law in Florida, engaged in an act of practicing law. The petition alleged the following. Eidson told Norma Martin, who had contacted him in reference...

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