The Florida Supreme Court has disciplined 4 South Florida attorneys for financial misconduct

Four South Florida attorneys are facing penalties ordered by the Florida Supreme Court for financial crimes.

The penalties — which are not final until the deadline for lawyers to file requests for rehearing — vary in severity from a six-month suspension to full disqualification.

At the top of the list is a North Miami Beach attorney Andres Jackson Whitewhich is the Southern District Court of Florida pending in feb For embezzlement of a $100,000 personal injury settlement obtained on behalf of a client.

the Florida Supreme Court to rule August 17 to delist Jackson White, retroactive to December 14, 2022, for appropriation, improper distribution of funds and destruction of records despite knowledge of an ongoing process Florida Bar investigation.

her client, Leroy MooreHe eventually got less than the $10,000 settlement he received after he was hit by a car while sitting at a bus stop. Jackson White explained that she transferred very little money to Moore — in cash — because the large sums may have stopped his federal disability payments.

The Mount Nebo Missionary Baptist Church, to which both Jackson White and Moore belong, was paid more than $50,000, according to the report. Miami Heraldwhich named several other individuals who had received thousands of dollars from the Moore settlement.

Two Tri-District district attorneys received disciplinary revocation of their licenses. Both of them will be able to Apply for readmission to Florida Bar in late 2028.

One is Kevin Hagen From Fort Lauderdale, which was Convicted in May charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud.

And the other is Kyle Young of Palm Beach, who was criminally charged in March with making false and fraudulent statements in a Paycheck Protection Program loan application.

FederalPay.org It shows that Young took out two PPP loans in July 2020 and January 2021, worth $20,604 each.

Miami attorney Emilyk Nosochawho was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2008, has earned an A.D Six-month suspensionEffective on or about September 17, for filing a “frivolous medical malpractice complaint” and not paying the court-ordered amount to the defendant.

“Nwosuocha also failed to respond in a timely manner to the bar’s compliance or admission request, and was therefore defaulted,” Florida Bar staff wrote. “At the time of the final hearing, Nosucha had neither paid the amount due as attorneys’ fees nor showed remorse for his misconduct.”

Nwosuocha shares a name with a local rapper and specializes in digital marketing in 2021 File a copyright infringement claim Against the comedian rapper Donald Glover on the Grammy Award-winning song, “This is America“.

The lawsuit alleged that Glover, who raps under the stage name Childish Gambino, infringed on a 2016 song Nososha released titled “Made in USAunder the nickname Kid Weiss.

But the two identical men in Nwosuocha don’t seem to be the same person. Change the lawyer Linkedin page His highest educational attainment lists as an associate degree from Miami-Dade College, while the Florida Bar page shows that he earned his Juris Doctor from Michigan State University College in 2005.

These included Jackson White, Hagen, Young and Nososha 16 lawyers To receive disciplinary orders from the Florida Supreme Court from June 6 to August 24.

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