Court Opinion

ID: 9887767
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 18:21:07.801382+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:28:02.658336
License: Public Domain

CANADY, C.J., dissenting.
I agree with Justice Lewis that Kinsella's misconduct requires disbarment. There is no reason to believe that a lawyer who has betrayed her employer by stealing from the employer will not betray her clients by stealing from them. There should be no place for thieves in The Florida Bar. As explained by Justice Lewis, Kinsella's misconduct falls squarely under Standard 5.11, which provides that disbarment is the appropriate sanction. We should follow that standard; Kinsella should be disbarred for her multiple acts of theft from her employer.
I dissent from the imposition of a sanction less than disbarment.
LEWIS, J., concurs.