Florida Sanctions Lawyers

From the November 2023 Florida Bar discipline summaries

Brandon Scott Labiner, 23322 La Vida Way, Boca Raton, disciplinary revocation without leave to seek readmission effective immediately following a September 28 court order. (Admitted to practice: 2016) Labiner misappropriated over $400,000 from his stepmother’s trust fund, of which he was the sole trustee. He also forged documents submitted to the Bar, including bank records and an affidavit, and failed to withdraw from three cases after he was emergency suspended. Additionally, Labiner was charged with second-degree murder of his father and is being held without bond. (Case No. SC23-0945)

12 News covered the murder charge

 A former local attorney is under arrest after a dead body was found at his father’s law office building.

Brandon Labiner, 34, appeared in court Monday and faces a first-degree murder charge. The judge ordered him to be held with no bond and have no contact with the victim’s family.

This comes after authorities found a man unresponsive in a large pool of blood with several gunshot wounds in a parking garage. Records show the suspect’s father, Paul Labiner, owns the law office building where the body was found.

Police arrested Brandon after an investigation led them to another law office building — this one owned by Brandon — located at 900 N Federal Highway, where the former local attorney had reportedly barricaded himself inside.

The 34-year-old is a former personal injury attorney in Boca Raton. He used to work with his father until resigning last year after his father filed a lawsuit against him.

Stet Media Group has a deep dive into the situation.

Jason Dale Volkman, 2320 SW 140th Ave., Ocala, suspended pursuant to 3-7.2(f), the felony suspension rule, effective 30 days following an October 6 court order. (Admitted to practice: 2000) Volkman pled nolo-contendere to one count of Sexual Battery on a Person 12-18 Years by a Person in Familial Custodial Authority, a first-degree felony, 20 counts of Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child, second-degree felonies, 20 counts of Possession of Child Pornography (10 or more images), second-degree felonies, one count of Delivery of Opiates, a second-degree felony, 2 counts of Video Voyeurism, third-degree felonies, and one count of Contributing to the Delinquency or Dependency of a Minor, a first-degree misdemeanor. The court adjudicated Volkman guilty of all the above-referenced charges and sentenced him to 30 years in the Florida Department of Corrections followed by five years of sex offender probation in Count 1, 15 years in the Florida Department of Corrections in Counts 2–42, five years in the Florida Department of Corrections in Counts 43–44, and 364 days in the Marion County Jail in Count 45, with credit for 496 days’ time served. The counts are to run concurrently. (Case No. SC23-1379)

WESH 2 reported that the attorney had filmed himself sexually assaulting a minor. (Mike Frisch)