The Florida Bar, Complainant v. Jacqueline Marie Kinsella, Respondent. — Lewis, J., Dissenting

Summary

Justice Lewis dissented from the Court's three-year suspension of Jacqueline Kinsella and would have imposed disbarment for stealing from her employer on three occasions. He reasoned that theft is fundamentally inconsistent with the trust required of a lawyer, that the governing disciplinary standards presume disbarment for intentional theft or conversion, and that mitigation based on debt and post-arrest conduct could not overcome the seriousness of the misconduct. Justice Pariente, dissenting separately, would have imposed a suspension ranging from ninety-one days to one year, while Chief Justice Canady, dissenting, agreed that disbarment was required.