Case Name: THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Mark Jay KAUFMAN, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-01-07
Citations: 409 So. 2d 480
Docket Number: No. 60064
Parties: THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Mark Jay KAUFMAN, Respondent.
Judges: SUNDBERG, C. J., and ADKINS, OVER-TON, ALDERMAN and McDONALD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 409
Pages: 480–480

Head Matter:
THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Mark Jay KAUFMAN, Respondent.
No. 60064.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Jan. 7, 1982.
John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Stanley A. Spring, Staff Counsel and John A. Weiss, Bar Counsel, Tallahassee; and Robert P. Cates, Chairman of the Eighth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, Gainesville, for complainant.
Rodney D. McGalliard, Gainesville, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Upon complaint of The Florida Bar, this Court's appointed referee found that respondent, Mark Jay Kaufman, a Bar member, threatened to present criminal charges solely to gain a legal advantage for his client. For this conduct, the referee recommended that respondent be found guilty of violating Code of Professional Responsibility Rule 7-105 and that he receive a public reprimand.
This Court granted respondent a fourteen-day extension of time to petition for review of the referee's report. No petition for review was filed. We therefore approve the referee's findings and recommendation. Publication of this opinion in the Southern Reporter shall serve as respondent's public reprimand. Execution shall issue against respondent for the cost of these proceedings in the amount of $512.49.
It is so ordered.
SUNDBERG, C. J., and ADKINS, OVER-TON, ALDERMAN and McDONALD, JJ., concur.