Supreme Court of Florida

The Florida Bar, Complainant v. Peter M. MacNamara, Respondent

January 9, 2014132 So. 3d 165

Summary

The Court approved the referee’s factual findings and recommendations of guilt concerning MacNamara’s misleading statements to the IRS, the probate court, and the Bar, as well as his inadequate communication with his client. It rejected the referee’s probation-only sanction and imposed a ninety-day suspension followed by two years of probation with specified conditions. Justice Canady, concurring in part and dissenting in part, agreed with the findings and guilt determinations but would have imposed a one-year suspension.