STATE OF FLORIDA EX REL. THE FLORIDA BAR, COMPLAINANT,
v.
J. FRANK WEST, RESPONDENT
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The Florida Bar filed a complaint against attorney James W. Cotton for violating professional ethics rules. A referee found Cotton guilty of commingling funds, failing to provide closing statements, and negligently allowing a case to be dismissed. The referee recommended a severe private reprimand and suspension from practice.
The referee found the respondent guilty of violating professional ethics rules regarding commingling funds, failure to account, and negligence in handling client cases, recommending a severe private reprimand and suspension from membership and practice.
Respondent James W. Cotton was charged with improperly commingling client funds with his own, failing to provide closing statements and account for fu…
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It appearing that J. Frank West has been adjudged guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of the crime of grand larceny and sentenced to serve in the State Penitentiary a term of six months to five years, and it appearing that due notice was given J. Frank West as provided by Rule 11.08(4) of the Integration Rules of The Florida Bar, 31 F.S.A. and that pursuant to that section the Board of Governors entered their judgment that he be disbarred, from which no appeal has been taken;
It is the order of this court that the judgment be confirmed and that J. Frank West be and he is disbarred from the practice of law in Florida
ROBERTS, C. J., and TERRELL, TPIOMAS, DREW and O’CONNELL, JJ., concur.
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