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Florida Bar v. Tipler

Supreme Court of Florida
Apr 7, 2006
928 So. 2d 337 (Fla. 2006)

Opinion

Case Nos. SC03-2043, SC04-402.

April 7, 2006.

Lower Tribunal Nos. 2002-00,311(1B), 2003-00,875(1B), 2004-00,024(1B).


Respondent's motion for rehearing is hereby denied. See Fla. Bar re Sanders, 580 So. 2d 594, 594 (Fla. 1991) ("We should not allow the practice of law in Florida of one disbarred in his home state"). See also Fla. Bar v. Shapiro, 914 So. 2d 956 (Fla. 2005) (attorney suspended in another state and subsequently suspended in Florida based on reciprocal discipline, was required to be reinstated in the other state's bar as a condition precedent to reinstatement in The Florida Bar); Fla. Bar v. Shinnick, 731 So. 2d 1265 (Fla. 1999) (attorney suspended in another state must be reinstated in that state, as a condition of reinstatement in Florida).

PARIENTE, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Florida Bar v. Tipler

Supreme Court of Florida
Apr 7, 2006
928 So. 2d 337 (Fla. 2006)
Case details for

Florida Bar v. Tipler

Case Details

Full title:THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant(s) v. JAMES HARVEY TIPLER, Respondent(s)

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Apr 7, 2006

Citations

928 So. 2d 337 (Fla. 2006)