Title: The Florida Bar v. Carmel

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

287 So. 2d 305 (1973)
THE FLORIDA BAR, Petitioner,
v.
Samuel CARMEL, Respondent.
No. 43880.

Supreme Court of Florida.
December 5, 1973.
Rehearing Denied January 23, 1974.
Leonard Rivkind, Miami Beach, Richard C. McFarlain, Tallahassee, and Clifford L. Davis, Pensacola, for petitioner.
Howard L. Silverstein of Gilbert & Silerstein, Miami, for respondent.
PER CURIAM.
This cause is before us on petition of The Florida Bar, charging respondent with the unauthorized practice of law. In response thereto, respondent has filed a pleading entitled, "Answer, Defenses and Motion to Dismiss."
The petition of The Florida Bar reads, in pertinent part, as follows:
Respondent's "Answer, Defenses and Motion to Dismiss" reads, in pertinent part, as follows:
In its petition, The Florida Bar sought the following relief:
While we agree with the Florida Bar that all of the foregoing conduct on the part of respondent constitutes the unauthorized practice of law, we decline to follow the recommendation that respondent, at this point in time, be held in contempt of this Court. We do however, hereby issue a permanent injunction, restraining respondent from engaging in the acts complained of, and from otherwise engaging in the practice of law in the State of Florida. Upon proof of any subsequent violation of the terms of this permanent injunction, respondent will be held in contempt of this Court.
It is so ordered.
CARLTON, C.J., and ROBERTS, BOYD, McCAIN and DEKLE, JJ., concur.