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Florida Bar v. Evans

Supreme Court of Florida
Jan 20, 2011
54 So. 3d 489 (Fla. 2011)

Opinion

Case No. SC11-91.

January 20, 2011.

Lower Tribunal No(s). 2011-70,650(11J-MES).


The Petition for Emergency Suspension filed pursuant to Rule 3-5.2 of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar is approved and it is hereby ordered that the Respondent is suspended from the practice of law until further order of this Court, and respondent is ordered:

a. to accept no new clients from the date of this Court's order and to cease representing any clients after sixty days of this Court's order;

b. to immediately furnish a copy of respondent's suspension order to all clients, opposing counsel and courts before which respondent is counsel of record and to furnish Staff Counsel of The Florida Bar with the requisite affidavit listing all clients, opposing counsel and courts so informed within sixty days of this Court's order;

c. to stop disbursing or withdrawing any monies from any trust account without approval of the Florida Supreme Court or a referee appointed by the Florida Supreme Court or by order of the circuit court in which an inventory attorney has been appointed;

d. to deposit into a specified trust account all sums received from the practice of law, whether as fees, costs, deposits, or trust funds, following the entry of the order of suspension in this case and thereafter, and to immediately advise Bar Counsel of the receipt and location of said funds. As long as there are no pending Clients' Security Fund claims or grievances alleging misuse of client funds, sums received as earned fees may be disbursed or withdrawn from the specified trust account with written approval of Bar Counsel upon presentation of documentation establishing that the monies constitute earned fees. If Bar Counsel is not satisfied that the monies constitute earned fees, monies may not be withdrawn or disbursed without approval of the Supreme Court or a Referee appointed by the Supreme Court or by order of the circuit court in which an inventory attorney has been appointed; and

e. to immediately notify in writing all financial institutions in which respondent maintains trust accounts of the provisions of respondent's suspension and to provide said financial institutions with a copy of this Court's order, and furthermore, to provide Bar Counsel with a copy of the notice sent to each financial institution.

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 suspension.

CANADY, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, POLSTON, LABARGA, and PERRY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Florida Bar v. Evans

Supreme Court of Florida
Jan 20, 2011
54 So. 3d 489 (Fla. 2011)
Case details for

Florida Bar v. Evans

Case Details

Full title:THE FLORIDA BAR, Petitioner(s) v. GEORGE MICHAEL EVANS, Respondent(s)

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jan 20, 2011

Citations

54 So. 3d 489 (Fla. 2011)