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THE FLORIDA BAR v. WALTON

No. SC05-774.

952 So.2d 510 (2006)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Costell WALTON, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Kenneth L. Marvin, Director of Lawyer Regulation, and John Anthony Boggs, Staff Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, Lorraine Christine Hoffmann, Bar Counsel, The Florida Bar, Fort Lauderdale, FL, and James David Camp, III, Chair, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Grievance Committee "A," for Petitioner.

Kevin P. Tynan and James O. Walker, III of Richardson and Tynan, PLC, Tamarac, FL, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

We have for review a referee's report regarding alleged ethical breaches by Costell Walton, Jr. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. For the reasons explained herein, we approve the referee's recommendation that Walton be suspended for ninety-one days. We disapprove the referee's recommendation that Walton be ordered to reimburse Louis Asbate for attorney fees and costs incurred by him as a result of Walton's misconduct. We also...

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