A referee has filed a scathing 75-page report calling for the disbarment of an embattled Miami foreclosure defense attorney and, in doing so, the state court judge highlighted trial tactics that apparently went too far.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Betsy Alvarez-Zane, in her role as referee, found that Bruce Jacobs of Jacobs Legal, committed serious misconduct with evidence that was “indeed clear and convincing,” following a five-count conviction against Jacobs.

Bruce Jacobs, with Jacobs Legal in Miami. (Credit: J. Albert Diaz/ALM) Bruce Jacobs of Jacobs Legal in Miami. (Credit: J. Albert Diaz/ALM)