Opinion
No. SC06-2402.
September 18, 2007.
Lower Tribunal No. 2007-30,985(10A)(CRE).
The uncontested report of the referee is approved and respondent is reinstated, effective immediately, under the terms and conditions set forth in the report and the stipulation.
Respondent is further placed on probation for three years, effective immediately, under the terms and conditions set forth in the report and the stipulation.
Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300, for recovery of costs from William Benjamin Fredericks, Jr., in the amount of $1,582.45, 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 reinstatement.
LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, and CANTERO, JJ., concur. QUINCE and BELL, JJ., would require respondent to pass The Florida Bar exam prior to reinstatement.