Disbar the Florida Bar. Time for Accountability from Florida Attorneys. Demand Integrity and that Florida Attorneys are NOT above the Law.

"As a Director of Baron’s Stores, Inc., I am responsible for assisting in the wind down following Baron’s liquidated Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The Florida Bar, in my opinion, has engaged in criminal activity, which has interfered with my ability to fulfill my fiduciary responsibilities.

The alleged criminal activities include a breach of the following:

Honest Services
Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law
Racketeering
Mail Fraud, and
Sherman Anti Trust


The Florida Bar is a mandatory organization of all lawyers who are licensed by the Supreme Court of Florida to practice law in the state. John Harkness, Esq., is the Executive Director of The Florida Bar. Mr. Harkness’ core function is to oversee the prosecution of unethical lawyers.

Mr. Harkness’ responsibilities conflict with his position as a Director on the Board of The Florida Bar’s created malpractice carrier, Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company. As a Director on the Board of the insurance company, Mr. Harkness’ duties include vigorously defending any attorney accused of ethical violations and legal malpractice, who are insured by FLMIC. Yet, Mr. Harkness has held these conflicted dual positions for more than a decade.

Earlier this year, I penned an OpEd piece for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel outlining what I had learned about the Florida Bar. The response from the community was overwhelming and immediate.

As a result of conversations with Florida lawyers, and insurance professionals, as well as my fiduciary responsibilities in having to deal with the courts, “Disbar The Florida Bar,” was born.

This non-profit 501(c)(4) corporation was formed to cause the removal of The Florida Bar as the controlling and regulatory entity for Florida lawyers and to re-create a level playing field for all Florida attorneys and their clients.

I am seeking input from others in the state of Florida
who feel that they have been wronged by The Florida Bar.

This input will be aired through live interviews on WZAB 880 AM Miami every weekday from 2:00 – 3:00 PM., thru Thursday, May 13, 2010. Call 305-773-5167 to discuss your experiences with the Florida Bar on the air.

The show will also host interviews with candidates vying for State offices, members of the Judiciary, Executive and Legislative branches, as well as Law Professors, Insurance Executives, and other professionals.

The objective is to educate the public about issues with The Florida Bar, both as a regulatory agency under The Supreme Court of Florida, and an Association/Union mandating membership in a Right to Work state. If you would like to be interviewed, please click the contact link.

We already have numerous attorneys lined up to come forward to tell their story of how The Florida Bar has used the disciplinary process against them while allowing unethical attorneys, insured by FLMIC, to go unpunished.

Hopefully, with enhanced public awareness, attorneys and elected officials will act to remove The Florida Bar and The Florida Bar’s connections from power. "

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""Ordinary citizens, not lawyers, should run the disciplinary process. If a jury made up of non-lawyers is good enough to decide a murder case or a million dollar lawsuit, it's certainly capable of determining whether a lawyer has cheated a client."

"Lawyer discipline in Florida is controlled by five individuals, the Chief Branch Disciplinary Counsels of the five branch offices located in Tallahassee, Tampa, Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami.

Tallahassee Chief Branch Discipline Counsel: James N. Watson, Jr.
Tampa Chief Branch Discipline Counsel: Susan V. Bloemendaal
Orlando Chief Branch Discipline Counsel: Jan K. Wichrowski

Ft. Lauderdale Chief Branch Discipline Counsel: Adria E. Quintela
Miami Chief Branch Discipline Counsel: Arlene K. Sankel

John T. Berry is the Legal Division Director, and Kenneth Marvin is Director of Lawyer Regulation, but they too are essentially subservient to the five Chief Branch Disciplinary Counsels in matters of attorney discipline.

Bar presidents are rotating annual figureheads with little say in the discipline process. Executive Director John F. Harkness, Jr. keeps the bureaucracy moving. There are 52 members of the Board of Governors who formulate and adopt matters of policy. And of course a staff that performs the actual work of running the bar.

But the five Chief Branch Disciplinary Counsels hold the real power concerning lawyer misconduct. They are elected by the lawyers they regulate and essentially have a job for life if they keep their electorate happy.

They keep their electorate happy with lax oversight. In my view the cozy arrangement is a conflict of interest. Once a Chief Branch Disciplinary Counsel makes a decision, the rest of the bar usually supports the finding. "

"Lawyer discipline, when it occurs, generally falls into one of several categories.

1) The matter makes headlines and cannot be overlooked, such as financial or sex crimes where law enforcement is involved.

Examples include Miami lawyer Lewis B. Freeman who plead guilty in a $2.6 million embezzlement scheme, Sarasota lawyer John Yanchek who pled guilty in a $83 million loan fraud scam, Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein’s ponzi scheme, or former US Attorney JD Roy Atchison, who hung himself while in custody after his arrest in a child sex-for-sale sting operaton.

2) The lawyer fails to respond to an inquiry. The Bar hates to be ignored. Those who ignore the Bar are sternly admonished. So long as the lawyer responds to a complaint, the Bar will usually accept most any excuse from the lawyer and the inquiry likely closed with a finding of no probable cause.

3) The lawyer becomes a political liability to the Bar.

One such lawyer was John Bruce "Jack" Thompson known as an activist against violence and sex in video games. Thompson was disbarred March 20, 2008. He was also a vocal critic of the bar.

4) Some misconduct that does not fit the above catagories is disciplined, but it is few and far between, and most likely involves lawyers who are in the out-group without connections.

The current system is arbitrary and not likely to change.

As one Tampa lawyer explained to me, it is important to report misconduct, and perhaps on the twentieth complaint against a lawyer for repeat bad behavior the Bar will act. This is a violation of the public trust, reflects discredit upon lawyer discipline, and suggests partiality in the consideration of complaints."

Source and Full Site
http://yousue.org/florida-bar-lawyer-misconduct/