The Florida Bar v. Brown

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• rejecting argument that lawyer lacked intent to misrepresent the status of a certificate of deposit in an agreement because he did not read the agreement
• “[T]he unique role of attorneys as officers of the court mandates that attorneys be held to the highest of ethical standards.” (quoting DeBock v. State, 512 So. 2d 164, 168 (Fla. 1987))
• the respondent was found guilty of violating rule 4-8.4(c), after claiming that he did not have the necessary intent because he allegedly did not read the business agreement pledging a $420,000 certificate of deposit as security before he executed the agreement

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Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• The Florida Bar v. Head
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-01-07· cited 17×
• The Florida Bar v. Behm
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-07-01· cited 11×
• The Florida Bar v. Riggs
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-10-05· cited 10×
• Thompson v. Florida Bar
  S.D. Florida· 2007-11-21· cited 9×
• Florida Bar v. Berthiaume
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-11-08· cited 9×
• The Florida Bar v. Jose Carlos Marrero
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-01-15· cited 8×
• The Florida Bar v. Zana Holley Dupee
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-03-26· cited 6×
• Florida Bar v. Head
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-03-15· cited 6×
• The Florida Bar v. Broome
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-05-25· cited 5×
• The Florida Bar v. Nicnick
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-07-12· cited 5×
• The Florida Bar v. Maurice
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-04-12· cited 4×
• Florida Bar v. Watson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-12-08· cited 4×
• Florida Bar v. Swann
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-06-20· cited 3×
• The Florida Bar v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-01-17· cited 1×
• The Florida Bar v. Walton
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-12-14· cited 1×
• The Florida Bar v. Donnette Sonya Russell- Love
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-01-23
• The Florida Bar v. Jose Carlos Marrero
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-02-26
• The Florida Bar v. Jonathan Stephen Schwartz
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2019-11-07
• The Florida Bar v. Miguel Fernando Mirabal
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2024-07-11
• Melissa Elizabeth Harrell Hessert v. Gary Bell Hessert and Megan Wieland Pulayya
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-03-20

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• The Florida Bar v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-02-23· cited 158×
• The Florida Bar v. Fredericks
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-02-25· cited 42×
• DeBock v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-07-16· cited 21×
• The Florida Bar v. Sweeney
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-08-27· cited 16×
• The Florida Bar v. Batista
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-04-17· cited 15×
• The Florida Bar v. McFall
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-11-26· cited 14×
• The Florida Bar v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-01-22· cited 13×
• The Florida Bar v. Wohl
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-03-20· cited 11×
• The Florida Bar v. Lanford
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-04-10· cited 10×
• The Florida Bar v. Siegel
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-09-10· cited 8×
• The Florida Bar v. Van Stillman
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-10-01· cited 5×
• The Florida Bar v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-07-12· cited 3×
• State v. Rendina
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-03-27· cited 2×
• Johnson v. Cooperative Leasing, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-06-02· cited 1×

Other cases named The Florida Bar v. Brown

6 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• The Florida Bar v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-04-14· cited 10×
• The Florida Bar v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-07-12· cited 3×
• The Florida Bar v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-11-23· cited 2×
• The Florida Bar v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-01-17· cited 1×
• The Florida Bar v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-02-26
• The Florida Bar v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-03-05