Thompson v. The Florida Bar

Filing 268

Plaintiff's MOTION for Order to Show Cause (Supplement) by John B. Thompson. (Thompson, John)

Thompson v. The Florida Bar

Doc. 268

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JOHN B. THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. THE FLORIDA BAR and DAVA J. TUNIS, Defendants. SUPPLEMENT TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE COMES NOW plaintiff, John B. Thompson, hereinafter Thompson, as an attorney on his own behalf, and hereby supplements his motion for an order to show cause, stating: The Bar's counsel Barry Richard has informed Thompson this day that he is not responsible for pleadings that go out with his name on them because he can't review everything that goes out. This is utter nonsense, and it violative of everything Florida's Bar Rules say about the duties of supervising partners: Case No. 07-21256 (Judge Adalberto Jordan)

RULE 4-5.1 RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTNERS, MANAGERS, AND SUPERVISORY LAWYERS (a) Duties Concerning Adherence to Rules of Professional Conduct. A partner in a law firm, and a lawyer who individually or together with other lawyers possesses comparable managerial authority in a law firm, shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the firm has in effect measures giving reasonable assurance that all lawyers therein conform to the Rules of Professional Conduct. (b) Supervisory Lawyer's Duties. Any lawyer having direct supervisory authority over another lawyer shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the other lawyer conforms to the Rules of Professional Conduct.

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(c) Responsibility for Rules Violations. A lawyer shall be responsible for another lawyer's violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct if: (1) the lawyer orders the specific conduct or, with knowledge thereof, ratifies the conduct involved; or (2) the lawyer is a partner or has comparable managerial authority in the law firm in which the other lawyer practices or has direct supervisory authority over the other lawyer, and knows of the conduct at a time when its consequences can be avoided or mitigated but fails to take reasonable remedial action.
Barry Richard has allowed his associate, Ms. Sharpe, to file with this court pleadings that are demonstrably false and misleading, and Thompson requests, nay demands, a show cause order asking them why they should not both be referred to the Ad Hoc Committee for discipline. Thompson brings evidence to this court, and he gets harassed by this court. These two people dissemble to this court, engage in improper pleading practice and they get off scott free. This has got to stop. I HEREBY CERTIFY that this has been served upon record counsel this 25th day of October, 2007, electronically.

/s/ JOHN B. THOMPSON, Plaintiff Attorney, Florida Bar #231665 1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111 Coral Gables, Florida 33146 Phone: [phone] [e-mail]

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