Opinion
SC22-222
04-08-2022
THE FLORIDA BAR Petitioner(s) v. BRANDON JOSHUA BARKER Respondent(s)
Lower Tribunal No(s).: 2022-90, 040(OSC)
This is before the Court on The Florida Bar's Petition for Contempt and Order to Show Cause.
The Court having issued its Order to Show Cause to respondent and respondent having failed to file a response to said Order to Show Cause, IT IS ORDERED that The Florida Bar's petition is granted, and respondent is held in contempt of this Court's order, dated October 19, 2021, in Case No. SC21-1177. As a sanction, respondent is disbarred from the practice of law in the State of Florida. Respondent is currently suspended; therefore this disbarment is effective immediately. Respondent shall fully comply with Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 3-5.1(h). Respondent shall also fully comply with Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 3-6.1, if applicable.
Respondent is further directed to comply with the terms of the Court's orders in Case Nos. SC21-1177 and SC20-1790 prior to petitioning for readmission.
Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300, for recovery of costs from Brandon Joshua Barker in the amount of $1, 250.00, 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 disbarment.
CANADY, C.J., and POLSTON, LABARGA, LAWSON, MUÑIZ, COURIEL, and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.