In The Hurricane’s Path

A criminal conviction has resulted in a three year reciprocal suspension by the New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department

The respondent was admitted to the Florida Bar on October 20, 2004, and has no prior disciplinary record. Due to Hurricane Irma, the respondent was displaced from her home and chose to stay at a hotel in Osceola County. Following a disturbance at the hotel, the respondent was asked to leave and refused to do so in a timely manner. The police were called, the respondent was not cooperative, and she was taken into custody. As a result of this incident, on or about April 17, 2018, the respondent was charged with three crimes: (1) Florida Statutes Annotated §§ 784.03 and 784.07 (2)(b), battery on a law enforcement officer, a third degree felony; (2) Florida Statutes Annotated § 843.01, resisting an officer with violence, a third degree felony; and (3) Florida Statutes Annotated § 843.02, resisting an officer without violence, a first degree misdemeanor.

Following a jury trial, the respondent was found guilty of counts two and three. The court withheld adjudication as to count two. According to the Referee Report, the respondent “was sentenced to time served of [two] days, [three] years probation, and other special conditions.”

Florida had imposed a three-year suspension. (Mike Frisch)