Case Title: The Florida Bar v. Beneke

Citation: 464 So. 2d 548

Docket Number: 64090

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 1985-02-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
464 So. 2d 548 (1985)
THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant,
v.
Stephen G. BENEKE, Respondent.
No. 64090.

Supreme Court of Florida.
February 21, 1985.
John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and John T. Berry, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, and Steve Rushing, Bar Counsel, Tampa, for complainant.
Richard T. Earle, Jr. of Earle & Earle, St. Petersburg, for respondent.
PER CURIAM.
The petitioner, respondent before the referee, seeks review of a report of the referee recommending a public reprimand. The findings of fact by the referee, edited for clarity, are as follows:
The referee found Beneke guilty of violations of Florida Bar Code of Professional Responsibility, DR 1-102(A)(4) (engaging in conduct involving misrepresentation) and Florida Bar Integration Rule, article XI, Rule 11.02(3)(a) (committing an act contrary to honesty and good morals). The referee recommended a public reprimand and payment of costs incurred in the investigation.
We approve the referee's findings of fact and recommended discipline. By the publication of this opinion, we reprimand attorney Stephen G. Beneke. Judgment for costs in the amount of $1,577.75 is hereby entered against respondent, for which sum let execution issue.
It is so ordered.
BOYD, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.
ADKINS, J., dissents.