Case Name: THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Edward A. NAGEL, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-11-10
Citations: 440 So. 2d 1287
Docket Number: No. 63260
Parties: THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Edward A. NAGEL, Respondent.
Judges: ADKINS, Acting C.J., and McDONALD, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 440
Pages: 1287–1288

Head Matter:
THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Edward A. NAGEL, Respondent.
No. 63260.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Nov. 10, 1983.
John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Stanley A. Spring, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, and John B. Root, Jr., Bar Counsel, Orlando, for complainant.
James W. Hart, Orlando, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Florida Bar filed a seventeen-count complaint against respondent, Edward A. Nagel, a member of The Florida Bar. Although these charges indicate various acts of misconduct, the most serious and repetitive is that Nagel converted funds of his clients for his own personal use. Nagel has pled nolo contendere. He has separately pled guilty to criminal charges flowing from these transactions. The referee has recommended that we find him guilty of each of the charges made. We do so.
Nagel acknowledges that his conduct dictates disbarment. As punishment, the referee recommends as follows:
I recommend that the Respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Florida. I further recommend that Respondent not be eligible for readmission to The Florida Bar for ten (10) years, and then only if full restitution is paid, less any fees earned to all parties who have filed complaints with The Florida Bar, and in addition, repayment in full is made to The Florida Bar for all costs, and any monies expended by the Client's Security Fund as a result of these proceedings.
Nagel concedes that, under the circumstances, this is appropriate. To his credit he writes:
To the extent that I can, I wish to offer my most sincere apologies to the Florida Bar, the public at large and my clients individually for my personal failure to safeguard their trust in me.
Let every lawyer be ever alert not to succumb to the temptation that, respondent did.
The referee's report is adopted. Edward A. Nagel is hereby disbarred from the practice of law. No petition for readmission will be entertained for ten years and then only if the conditions above referred to are met along with all other provisions for readmission of lawyers who have been disbarred. Costs in the amount of $7,822.72 are taxed against Nagel.
It is so ordered.
ADKINS, Acting C.J., and McDONALD, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.
BOYD, J., concurs in part and dissents in part with an opinion.