IN RE SCHWARTZ

No. SC95422.

755 So.2d 110 (2000)

Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 98-347, re Alan R. SCHWARTZ.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miette K. Burnstein, Chair, Tallahassee, Florida, Thomas C. MacDonald, Jr., General Counsel, Tampa, Florida, and Gary R. Trombley, Special Counsel for the Florida Judicial Qualification Commission, Tampa, Florida, for Petitioner.

Robert J. Beckham and Raymond Ehrlich of Holland & Knight LLP, Jacksonville, Florida, for Respondent, Alan R. Schwartz.


PER CURIAM.

The Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) recommends that we publicly reprimand Judge Alan R. Schwartz, Chief Judge of the Third District Court of Appeal, for exhibiting intemperate and discourteous behavior during oral argument in two appellate proceedings. We have jurisdiction. See Art. V, § 12, Fla. Const. As explained in more detail below, based on the stipulated facts, the JQC's recommendation is approved.

On April 26, 1999...

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