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A Fort Lauderdale attorney admitted to having sex with a client and then neglecting her case after the relationship ended, leading to a two-year suspension of his law license, according to the Florida Bar.
The Florida Supreme Court disbarred a former Miami-Dade County judge who police officers arrested in Coral Gables when the Florida Bar was monitoring him.
Roger Barry Davis has spent more than five decades practicing law in South Florida. But the Hallandale Beach lawyer’s ability to do so has been taken away on an emergency basis after a Florida Bar investigation found that he “misappropriated client funds.”
A Miami Lakes man faces multiple felony charges after prosecutors accused him of misrepresenting himself as a lawyer to two prospective clients and the state, taking money for legal services he never provided and, in an expletive-laden text message, threatening at least one victim who complained to the state bar.
The Florida Supreme Court will no longer allow an attorney who used to be based in Fort Lauderdale to practice law in Florida citing a pattern of misconduct.
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. The Florida Bar announced on Wednesday the Florida Supreme Court suspended a Miami Beach attorney for one year effective July 4. Herber Walker III was accused of creating a conflict of interest when he accepted about $5,000 in suits and monogrammed shirts from a client. The client had been accused of driving his other client out of state to avoid first-degree murder charges. The Florida Bar also accused Walker of communicating with the client while knowing he was represented by another counsel.
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Amanda “Demanda” Suriel is a personal injury attorney who was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2013. The University of Florida graduate with an office near Westchester said cases related to the coronavirus pandemic continue to increase in Miami-Dade. Suriel said she has been contacted by dozens of people who are related to frontline workers who have died of the coronavirus. A wrongful death lawsuit against an entity can have higher compensation. Suriel also said cases involving frontline workers are expected to become more common and employers have a duty to keep workers safe.
