Case Name: Robert LAWSON, Appellant, v. Jeffrey N. IVASHUK, Eric M. Turner, Alan A. Pascal, Donald M. Spangler and Ronna Young, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-02-06
Citations: 974 So. 2d 522
Docket Number: No. 4D07-2281
Parties: Robert LAWSON, Appellant, v. Jeffrey N. IVASHUK, Eric M. Turner, Alan A. Pascal, Donald M. Spangler and Ronna Young, Appellees.
Judges: WARNER, FARMER and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 974
Pages: 522–523

Head Matter:
Robert LAWSON, Appellant, v. Jeffrey N. IVASHUK, Eric M. Turner, Alan A. Pascal, Donald M. Spangler and Ronna Young, Appellees.
No. 4D07-2281.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 6, 2008.
Robert Lawson, Avon Park, pro se.
Barry Richard and M. Hope Keating of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellees Eric M. Turner, Alan A. Pascal, Donald M. Spangler and Ronna Young.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Tyson v. Fla. Bar, 826 So.2d 265, 268 (Fla.2002) ("Disciplinary proceedings against attorneys are instituted in the public interest and to preserve the purity of the courts. No private rights except those of the accused attorney are involved."); Cole v. Owens, 766 So.2d 287, 288 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) (As an official arm of the supreme court, the Florida Bar and its employees enjoy absolute immunity for actions taken within the scope of their duties.).
WARNER, FARMER and GROSS, JJ., concur.