Mishandling $500 from a real estate client cost attorney Michael E. Wynn much more than he might have imagined: a year suspended from the practice of law.
A Florida Bar referee recommended a 90-day suspension and two years’ probation for the Fort Myers lawyer. But the bar sought review, arguing that a year’s suspension was the appropriate sanction, according to a Feb. 16 Florida Supreme Court ruling, which rejected the referee’s suggestion and imposed the stiffer penalty. Wynn had no prior disciplinary proceedings, according to his bar record.
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