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View Comments The Florida Supreme Court has disciplined a prominent Pensacola personal injury attorney for submitting frivolous and exaggerated filings to run up his attorney's fee to more than $28,000 in a single case. Jeremiah J. Talbott's legal license was suspended for 60 days and he was ordered to attend the Florida Bar's Professionalism Workshop and Ethics School, according to a news release from the Florida Bar. The Florida Supreme Court served Talbott with a disciplinary order April 15 mandating he begin his temporary suspension within 30 days. The disciplinary actions resulted fro...

The Bar releases an official list of sanctions once a month, targeting attorneys accused of violating the standards of the legal profession.

Communications Summaries of orders issued from January 28, 2021, to February 18, 2021 The Florida Bar, the state’s guardian for the integrity of the legal profession, announces that the Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined 17 attorneys, disbarring three, revoking the licenses of one, suspending 10 and reprimanding three. As an official arm of the Florida Supreme Court, The Florida Bar and its Department of Lawyer Regulation are charged with administering a statewide disciplinary system to enforce Supreme Court rules of professional conduct for the more than 108,000 memb...