Opinion
No. SC15–876.
07-22-2015
THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant v. Brad ALEXANDER, Respondent.
Opinion
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 Bar's petition is granted and respondent is held in contempt of this Court's order in Florida Bar v. Alexander, SC15–167 (Fla. Feb. 19, 2015). As a sanction, respondent is hereby suspended from the practice of law for three years. The suspension is effective immediately, as respondent is currently under suspension and does not need a thirty day period to close out his practice and protect the interests of existing clients. Respondent shall fully comply with Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 3–5.1(h). In addition, respondent shall accept no new business from the date of this order until he is reinstated by order of the Court.
Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399–2300, for recovery of costs from Brad Alexander in the amount of $1,250.00, for which sum let execution issue.
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, and PERRY, JJ., concur.