A one-year suspension was imposed Thursday on a Deerfield Beach attorney who did nothing on his client’s case, squandered the fees, then obstructed the trial court when he was sued for malpractice.

Max Ricardo Whitney, a solo practitioner and Florida Bar member for 17 years, was suspended for his treatment of Dr. Michael G. Hill and Leila Mesquita de Oliveira.

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