Federal judge, former chief justice denounce Florida Bar prosecution loaded with political baggage



Former Florida Supreme Court Justice R. Fred Lewis, right, and West Palm Beach U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks

By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org

A federal judge and a retired Florida Supreme Court chief justice shredded the Florida Bar’s case against lawyer Daniel Uhlfelder during a Zoom hearing last week.

“I’m dismayed, frankly, by this case,” said West Palm Beach U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks. He noted that Uhlfelder lacked a motive for violating the ethics rules he’s about to be punished for allegedly violating.

“I’m not following your argument,” a visibly frustrated R. Fred Lewis, the retired justice, told Bar prosecutor Shanee Hinson.




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