In a case which the Supreme Court said “gives new meaning to the phrase ‘turning a blind eye,’” a Florida lawyer has been disbarred after he hired a convicted embezzler, fired him for trying to steal around $21,000, then rehired the man and failed to adequately supervise him as he stole more than $4.7 million from the firm’s trust account over four years.
Following are ethics-related articles from The Florida Bar News and The Florida Bar Journal.
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