The Florida Bar, Complainant v. Anthony Wayne Blackburn, Respondent.

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida reviewed the referee’s recommendation of an eighteen‑month suspension for attorney Anthony Wayne Blackburn and, finding his sexual exploitation of incarcerated clients and related criminal conduct to reflect severe moral turpitude, disapproved the suspension and ordered his disbarment. The decision applied Florida disciplinary standards and case law such as McHenry, Scott and Senton, and employed a de novo review of the referee’s recommendation.