Opinion
SC22-402
05-12-2022
IN RE: PETITION FOR DISCIPLINARY REVOCATION OF LAWRENCE BRUCE NEWMAN
Lower Tribunal No(s).: 2022-50, 565(15E)FDR
The uncontested petition for disciplinary revocation, as provided by Rule 3-7.12, Rules Regulating the Florida Bar, with leave to seek readmission after five years, is granted subject to the continuing jurisdiction of this Court. See Florida Bar v. Ross, 732 So.2d 1037, 1040-42 (Fla. 1998). Disciplinary revocation is tantamount to disbarment. Florida Bar v. Hale, 762 So.2d 515 (Fla. 2000). Petitioner agreed to cease the practice of law not later than thirty days from the date of executing the Petition for Disciplinary Revocation; therefore the disciplinary revocation shall be effective immediately. Petitioner shall fully comply with Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 3-5.1(h). Petitioner shall also fully comply with Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 3-6.1, if applicable.
Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300, for recovery of costs from Lawrence Bruce Newman in the amount of $2,470.85, for which sum let execution issue.
Not final until time expires to file motion for rehearing, and if filed, determined.
The filing of a motion for rehearing shall not alter the effective date of this revocation As with disbarment, in seeking readmission to The Florida Bar, petitioner "may be admitted again only upon full compliance with the rules and regulations governing admission to the bar" R Regulating Fla Bar 3-710(n).
CANADY, C.J., and POLSTON, LABARGA, LAWSON, MUÑIZ, COURIEL, and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur