WINN

v.

FLORIDA BAR

Citator

Cited By (34 total)

• THE Florida BAR v. Alphonse Della-Donna, 583 So. 2d 307 (Fla. 1989)
  …r reinstatement to the bar. See, e.g., In re Hur-tenbach, 157 Fla. 871, 27 So. 2d 348 (1946). Restitution of excessive fees, on the other hand, has had a more checkered history. [*311] In The Florida Bar v. Winn, 208 So. 2d 809 (Fla.), cert. denied, 393 U.S. 914, 89 S.Ct. 236, 21 L.Ed.2d 199 (1968), this Court held that, although charging excessive fees could form the basis for bar disciplinary proceedings, it did not have the authority to order restitution of an excessive fee. The Court recognized that dis…
• THE Florida BAR v. Moriber, 314 So. 2d 145 (Fla. 1975)
  …ed to him by The. Florida Bar.” Few, if any, areas of attorney discipline are as subject to differing interpretations as the matter of what constitutes an excessive attorney’s fee. See The Florida Bar v. Winn, 208 So. 2d 809 (Fla.1968), cert. den., 393 U.S. 914, 89 S.Ct. 236, 21 L.Ed.2d 199. The answer turns upon multiple factors including the difficulty of the case; the contingencies, if any, upon which the fee is based; the novelty of the legal issues presented; the experience of the attorney; the qualit…
• THE Florida BAR v. Winn, 593 So. 2d 1047 (Fla. 1992)
  …0. The referee found four aggravating factors. Winn previously has been disciplined for violations of the standards of professional ethics. The Fla. Bar v. Winn, 545 So. 2d 1369 (Fla.1989); The Fla. Bar v. Winn, 208 So. 2d 809 (Fla.), cert. denied, 393 U.S. 914, 89 S.Ct. 236, 21 L.Ed.2d 199 (1968). In addition, the referee concluded that Winn committed the criminal acts in question out of a desire for pecuniary gain, had exhibited a pattern of misconduct involving multiple offenses, and had done these thin…