An ex-lawyer who was disbarred after the Florida Supreme Court found his faulty legal advice on marijuana “devastated” the lives of several clients is getting no sympathy from those who used to be his colleagues.

The high court Thursday disbarred Ian James Christensen for “incompetence and extremely serious harm to clients,” who were arrested and prosecuted after they followed his advice and thought they’d gain the right to use medical marijuana in Florida. Christensen then attempted to represent two of these clients in the criminal proceedings, but prosecutors had him disqualified, or thrown off the case, for conflict of interest. He then refused to refund the attorney fees he’d charged, even after the trial court ordered him to do so.

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