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THE FLORIDA BAR v. SCOTT

No. SC05-1145.

39 So.3d 309 (2010)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. William Sumner SCOTT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied July 6, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, and Kenneth Lawrence Marvin, Staff Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, and Arlene Kalish Sankel, Bar Counsel, The Florida Bar, Miami, FL, for Complainant.

William Sumner Scott, pro se, Miami, FL, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

We have for review a referee's report recommending that William Sumner Scott be found guilty of professional misconduct and suspended from the practice of law for eighteen months. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. We approve the referee's findings of fact and recommendations regarding guilt. But we disapprove the sanction recommendation and instead impose a three-year suspension.

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