Title: The Florida Bar v. Savitt
Citation: 363 So. 2d 559
Docket Number: 54658
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: October 12, 1978

363 So. 2d 559 (1978)
THE FLORIDA BAR, Petitioner,
v.
Richard S. SAVITT and Stroock &amp; Stroock &amp; Lavan, Respondents.
No. 54658.

Supreme Court of Florida.
October 12, 1978.
Bernard H. Dempsey, Jr., Chairman of Standing Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, Orlando, and H. Glenn Boggs, II, Asst. Staff Counsel-UPL, Tallahassee, for petitioner.
William H. McBride, Jr., of Holland &amp; Knight, Tampa, for respondents.
PER CURIAM.
This action was initially brought by The Florida Bar pursuant to Article XVI of the Integration Rule, to obtain an injunction restraining respondents from engaging in the unauthorized practice of law in Florida. The petition alleged that respondent Stroock &amp; Stroock &amp; Lavan ("the firm"), an interstate law firm having its principal office in New York, opened an office in Miami on or about April 1, 1977, and that respondent Savitt, a partner of the firm not admitted to the practice of law in Florida, was assigned to supervise the operation of the Miami office. It was further alleged that respondent Savitt, in the course of his supervisory activities, engaged in conduct which constituted the unauthorized practice of law in this state.
We issued a Rule to Show Cause on July 25, 1978, commanding respondents to answer why the requested injunction should not be entered against them. In the meantime, the parties conducted negotiations on the matter, resulting in an agreement which has now been submitted to us for approval. Upon consideration of the parties' Joint Motion and Stipulation of Settlement, it is hereby ordered that the following terms are adopted and approved for the resolution of this controversy:
The firm and Richard S. Savitt have cooperated in seeking the determinations made herein.
No proceedings for contempt or violation of this decree shall be instituted by The Florida Bar unless the firm shall have been given five days' written notice by The Florida Bar of its intention to institute such proceedings.
It is so ordered.
ENGLAND, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD, OVERTON and SUNDBERG, JJ., concur.