The Florida Bar v. Arturo Dopazo, III

Summary

The court approved the referee’s factual findings and determination that Dopazo violated the rule governing direct contact with prospective clients by soliciting a vulnerable parent in a hospital. It disapproved the sixty-day suspension as too lenient and imposed a one-year suspension because Dopazo had previously been disciplined for the same type of solicitation and the circumstances involved a particularly vulnerable prospective client. The court also awarded the Bar $6,769.35 in costs.