The Florida Bar, Complainant v. Noah Daniel Liberman, Respondent

Summary

The court rejected the referee’s recommended three-year suspension and disbarred the respondent for a felony drug-trafficking conviction, effective nunc pro tunc to the date of his automatic felony suspension. It held that the presumption of disbarment for a felony conviction was not overcome by the respondent’s addiction and other mitigating circumstances, although that mitigation justified the retroactive effective date. Justice Pariente, joined by Justice Quince, would have approved the three-year suspension because the misconduct arose from addiction, did not involve the practice of law, caused no client harm, and was followed by substantial rehabilitation.