Title: The Florida Bar v. Sawyer

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

420 So. 2d 302 (1982)
THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant,
v.
Hugh SAWYER, Respondent.
No. 59080.

Supreme Court of Florida.
June 17, 1982.
Rehearing Denied October 29, 1982.
John A. Boggs, Bar Counsel, Tampa, for complainant.
Donald William Griffin, St. Petersburg, for respondent.
PER CURIAM.
This disciplinary proceeding against Hugh Sawyer, a member of The Florida Bar, is before us on complaint of The Florida Bar and report of the referee. No petition for review has been filed.
The referee made the following findings as to the four counts in the complaint:
The referee recommends that Sawyer be found guilty of each count in the complaint and that he be suspended from the practice of law for eighteen months and thereafter until he proves rehabilitation.
We approve the findings and recommendations of the referee. Hugh Sawyer is hereby suspended from The Florida Bar for eighteen months, effective July 19, 1982, giving him thirty days to close out his practice and to take the appropriate steps to protect his clients. Costs in the amount of $1,018.96 are assessed against Sawyer.
It is so ordered.
ADKINS, A.C.J., and BOYD, ALDERMAN, McDONALD and EHRLICH, JJ., concur.