Case Title: The Florida Bar v. Dobbs

Citation: 508 So. 2d 326

Docket Number: 

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 1987-05-28T00:00:00Z

Document:
508 So. 2d 326 (1987)
THE FLORIDA BAR, Petitioner,
v.
Robert J. DOBBS, Respondent.
No. 64053.

Supreme Court of Florida.
May 28, 1987.
Joseph J. Reiter, President, The Florida Bar, West Palm Beach, Ray Ferrero, Jr., President-elect, The Florida Bar, Fort Lauderdale, John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, James P. Hahn, Chairman, Standing Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, Lakeland, Mary Ellen Bateman, UPL Counsel, Tallahassee, and Louis Kwall, Clearwater, for petitioner.
Richard M. Georges of Kieffer, Georges & Rahter, St. Petersburg, for respondent.
PER CURIAM.
This proceeding was brought by The Florida Bar charging the respondent Robert J. Dobbs, doing business as Immigration Consulting Services, with unauthorized practice of law and seeking an injunction against such conduct. The action was brought pursuant to former article XVI of the Integration Rule of The Florida Bar. Our jurisdiction of this proceeding derives from the authority given to the Court by article V, section 15 of the Florida Constitution.
After consideration of the Bar's petition, we issued an order commanding the respondent to show cause why he should not be enjoined from the unauthorized practice *327 of law. The petition and the order to show cause were served upon the respondent. The respondent filed a responsive pleading denying the allegations in the Bar's petition and questioning their legal sufficiency, and a referee was appointed to conduct any necessary proceedings. After negotiations, however, the Bar and the respondent jointly submitted a stipulation defining the conduct as to which an injunction would be appropriate. The referee recommends acceptance of the stipulation as the final disposition and judgment of the Court in this matter.
The stipulation expresses the parties' agreement as to injunctive relief as follows:
We approve the referee's report based on the foregoing stipulation. See The Florida Bar v. Strickland, 468 So. 2d 983 (Fla. 1985); The Florida Bar v. King, 468 So. 2d 982 (Fla. 1985). Accordingly, we hereby enjoin the respondent permanently from engaging in the prohibited activities set forth in the stipulation.
It is so ordered.
McDONALD, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.