Opinion
No. 61072.
December 23, 1981.
Original Proceeding — The Florida Bar.
John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and Stanley A. Spring, Staff Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, and Richard B. Liss, Bar Counsel, Miami, for complainant.
Louis M. Jepeway, Miami, for respondent.
This matter is before the Court on Petition for Approval of Conditional Guilty Plea for Consent Judgment and Entry of Final Order of Discipline to violations of Disciplinary Rules 1-102(A)(3), 1-102(A)(4), 5-101(A), and 6-101(A)(3) of the Code of Professional Responsibility and Rule 11.02(4) of the Integration Rule of The Florida Bar. We approve the Petition, and we hereby suspend Respondent, John A. Ritter, for a period of ninety (90) days effective January 22, 1982, thereby giving respondent thirty (30) days to close out his practice and take the necessary steps to protect his clients and respondent shall not accept any new business.
Costs in the amount of $492.75 are hereby taxed against the Respondent.
It is so ordered.
SUNDBERG, C.J., and BOYD, OVERTON, ALDERMAN and McDONALD, JJ., concur.