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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. R. Scott LAING, Respondent.
    Nos. 65816, 66599.
    Supreme Court of Florida.
    Sept. 26, 1985.
    Rehearing Denied Dec. 12, 1985.
    John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and John T. Berry, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, and Jacquelyn Plasner Needel-man, Bar Counsel, Fort Lauderdale, for complainant.
    Nicholas R. Friedman, Miami, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

Upon a complaint by The Florida Bar this Court appointed a referee to conduct a hearing regarding Laing’s alleged misconduct. Laing tendered a conditional guilty plea for consent judgment, acknowledging his violation of Florida Bar Integration Rule, article XI, Rules 11.02(3)(a) and (b), and Florida Bar Code of Professional Responsibility, Disciplinary Rules 1-102(A)(6), 2-106(A) and (C), and 6-101(A)(2) and (3). The referee recommended that Laing be found guilty in accordance with his conditional plea and that he be suspended from the practice of law for a period of sixty (60) days, with automatic reinstatement.

Neither side contests the referee’s report which we hereby adopt. R. Scott Laing is hereby suspended from the practice of law for a period of sixty (60) days, effective thirty (30) days from the filing of this opinion, with automatic reinstatement.

Judgment for costs in the amount of $2,622.69 is hereby entered against respondent, for which sum let execution issue.

It is so ordered.

ADKINS, Acting C.J., and OVERTON, MCDONALD, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ„ concur. 
      
       We feel it unnecessary to publish the full text of the plea. The Court file is open for inspection.