The Florida Supreme Court recently disciplined several lawyers for substance abuse. The full story is here.
Louis Barbieri was ordered to be publicly reprimanded. He had been on probation for five years for alcohol abuse. Ryan Fasso was suspended for two years after he pled no contest to a cocaine possession charge. Philip Irish was found guilty in criminal court of six felony drug charges. He was disbarred. James Tarquin was placed on three years probation for driving while intoxicated and domestic battery.
Alcohol and illegal drugs don’t discriminate based on race, gender, class, or political philosophy. These guys found out that a career in the legal profession does not make one immune from substance abuse or addiction, either.
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