Opinion
Case No. SC02-1321
September 18, 2002
LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 2001-50,082(17F)
The Florida Bar having filed on June 17, 2002, Notice of Determination of Guilt showing that Bruce Lee Hollander has been convicted of a felony in a court other than a court of the State of Florida and the above-named attorney having filed Petition to Modify Proposed Beginning Day of Suspension, it is ordered that the Petition to Modify Proposed Beginning Day of Suspension is granted and Bruce Lee Hollander is automatically suspended from The Florida Bar pursuant to 3-7.2(e) of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, and it is further
ORDERED that this suspension shall be effective sixty days from the date of this order so that respondent can close out his practice and protect the interests of existing clients. If respondent notifies this Court in writing that he is no longer practicing and does not need the additional time to protect existing clients, this Court will enter an order making the suspension effective immediately. Respondent shall accept no new business from the date this order is filed until the suspension expires. See Rule 3-5.1(g) of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar.
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.
ANSTEAD, C.J., SHAW, WELLS, PARIENTE, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ., and HARDING, Senior Justice, concur.