THE FLORIDA BAR, COMPLAINANT,
v.
JOHN B. BATMAN, RESPONDENT

Fla. | 1987-08-20
No. 69544
McDonald, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
511 So. 2d 558 Florida Supreme Court (1987) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This is a bar disciplinary proceeding m which the referee found that respondent, John B. Batman, had testified falsely concerning his practice of law in representing clients during his time of suspension for nonpayment of bar dues. The referee further found that respondent violated Disciplinary Rules 1-102(A)(3), 1-102(A)(4), 1-102(A)(5), and 1-102(A)(6), of The Florida Bar Code of Professional Responsibility, and recommended a public reprimand by the Board of Governors and assessment of the costs incurred in this proceeding.

Neither party seeks review of the referee’s report. In accordance with rule 3-7.-6(c)(6) of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, we approve the referee’s findings and adopt the recommended discipline. We direct that respondent, John B. Batman, shall be publicly reprimanded by the Board of Governors. The costs of this proceeding are taxed against respondent. Judgment is entered against John B. Batman in the amount of $903.74, for which sum let execution issue.

It is so ordered.

McDonald, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.


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    …a public reprimand was imposed for false statements made by an attorney who had been subject to prior disciplinary action in Florida Bar v. McLawhorn, 535 So. 2d 602 (Fla.1988). False testimony produced a public reprimand in Florida Bar v. Batman, 511 So. 2d 558 (Fla.1987), as was the result in connection with the filing of a false affidavit in Florida Bar v. Hagglund, 372 So. 2d 76 (Fla.1979). See also Florida Bar v. Pearce, 356 So. 2d 317 (Fla.1978); Florida Bar re Brooks, 336 So. 2d 359 (Fla.1976); Flori…
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