The Florida Bar, Complainant v. Robert Joseph Ratiner, Respondent

Summary

The court approved the referee’s findings that the respondent engaged in disruptive and intimidating misconduct during a deposition, as well as the findings of aggravating and mitigating circumstances. It rejected disbarment and a two-year suspension because those sanctions lacked adequate support in the applicable standards and existing authority, and instead imposed a public reprimand, a sixty-day suspension, and two years of probation with specified conditions. The opinion contains no separate writings.