Case Title: The Florida Bar v. Tate

Citation: 552 So. 2d 1106

Docket Number: 72985

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 1989-11-22T00:00:00Z

Document:
552 So. 2d 1106 (1989)
THE FLORIDA BAR, Petitioner,
v.
Freeman D. TATE, Respondent.
No. 72985.

Supreme Court of Florida.
November 22, 1989.
Stephen N. Zack, President, Miami, James Fox Miller, President-elect, Hollywood, John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, John T. Berry, Staff Counsel, Joseph R. Boyd, Chairman, Standing Committee on Unlicensed Practice of Law, Mary Ellen Bateman, Unlicensed Practice of Law Counsel, Lori S. Holcomb, Asst. Unlicensed Practice of Law Counsel, Tallahassee, and David H. Charlip of Martinez, Charlip & Delgado, Co-counsel, Miami, for The Florida Bar, petitioner.
Freeman D. Tate, Miami, in pro. per.
*1107 PER CURIAM.
This cause is before us upon the petition of The Florida Bar to enjoin Freeman D. Tate from the unauthorized practice of law. We have jurisdiction.[*] We appointed a referee to consider this matter and to submit a report to this Court.
The referee concluded that respondent had engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in the state of Florida based upon the following findings of fact:
We approve the referee's report and adopt his recommendations:
Respondent is permanently so enjoined. Judgment for costs in the amount of $256.49 is hereby entered against respondent, for which sum let execution issue.
It is so ordered.
EHRLICH, C.J., and OVERTON, McDONALD, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
[*]  Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.