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Case Number: SC22-1659 - Active
THE FLORIDA BAR vs. CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL REYNOLDS
Lower Tribunal Case(s):2023-10,084 (6B), 2023-10,162 (6B), 2023-10,169 (6B), 2023-10,178 (6B), 2023-10,190 (6B), 2023-10,217 (6B), 2023-10,220 (6B), 2023-10,227 (6B), 2023-10,237 (6B), 2023-10,245 (6B), 2023-10,248 (6B)
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12/06/2022
PETITION-SUSPENSION (EMERGENCY)
Patricia Ann Toro Savitz 559547 BY: Patricia Ann Toro Savitz 559547
12/06/2022
No Fee Required
12/06/2022
APPENDIX-PETITION
Patricia Ann Toro Savitz 559547 BY: Patricia Ann Toro Savitz 559547
COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 1
12/06/2022
APPENDIX-PETITION
Patricia Ann Toro Savitz 559547 BY: Patricia Ann Toro Savitz 559547
COMPOSITE EXHIBIT 2 (REDACTED)
12/06/2022
POSSIBLE VENUE
Patricia Ann Toro Savitz 559547 BY: Patricia Ann Toro Savitz 559547
12/06/2022
ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER-NEW CASE-FLBAR
Supreme Court Of Florida BY: Supreme Court Of Florida
12/15/2022
DISP-SUSPENSION (EMERG CLOSE OUT)
The Petition for Emergency Suspension filed pursuant to Rule 3-5.2 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar is approved and it is hereby ordered that Respondent is suspended from the practice of law until further order of this Court. Respondent is hereby ordered to: A. Immediately: 1. Accept no new clients from the date of this Court's order of emergency suspension; 2. Initiate no litigation on behalf of clients from the date of this Court's order of emergency suspension; 3. Provide a copy of this Court's order of emergency suspension to all courts, tribunals, or adjudicative agencies before which Christopher Michael Reynolds is counsel of record; all state, federal, or administrative bars of which respondent is a member; all clients; all co-counsel; and all opposing counsel, as required by Rule 3-5.1(h); 4. Cease withdrawing or disbursing any money from any trust account or other financial institution account holding funds of clients or third parties in respondent's possession in connection with legal representation or funds of third parties in connection with respondent's service as a fiduciary including, but not limited to, personal representative, guardian, or trustee, until further order of this Court, a judicial referee appointed by this Court, or by order of the circuit court in an inventory attorney proceeding instituted under Rule 1-3.8; 5. Not transfer any ownership of any real or personal property purchased in whole or in part with funds of clients or third parties in connection with legal representation or with funds of third parties in connection with respondent's service as a fiduciary including, but not limited to, personal representative, guardian, or trustee, without approval of this Court, a judicial referee appointed by this Court, or by order of the circuit court in an inventory attorney proceeding instituted under Rule 1-3.8; 6. Deposit any fees or other sums received in connection with the practice of law or employment as a personal representative, guardian, or trustee, by the respondent on or after the date of this Court's order of emergency suspension into a specified trust account from which withdrawal may only be made by order of this Court, a judicial referee appointed by this Court, or by order of the circuit court in an inventory attorney proceeding instituted under Rule 1-3.8; 7. Provide a copy of this Court's order of emergency suspension to all banks and financial institutions where the respondent maintains any account holding funds of clients or third parties in respondent's possession in connection with representation or funds of third parties in connection with respondent's service as a fiduciary including, but not limited to, personal representative, guardian, or trustee; 8. Comply with, and provide all documents and testimony responsive to, a subpoena from the Bar for trust account records and any related documents necessary for the Bar to conduct a trust account audit; 9. Authorize any referee appointed in these proceedings to determine entitlement to funds in any trust accounts frozen as a result of an order entered in this matter; 10. Turn over to any successor the complete financial records of any estate, guardianship, or trust in which respondent served as a fiduciary on the successor's appointment; 11. Cease holding yourself out as a Florida Bar member or lawyer and eliminate all indicia of respondent's status as a Florida Bar member or lawyer on websites, email, social media, telephone listings, stationery, checks, business cards, office signs, email address, and any other indicia of respondent's status as a Florida Bar member or lawyer; and B. Within 30 days from the date of this Court's order of emergency suspension: 1. Cease all practice of law in Florida; 2. Withdraw from representation of all clients; 3. Wind down all pending matters; (SEE ORDER FOR ENTIRE LANGUAGE)
12/15/2022
ORDER-REFEREE APPOINTMENT (EMERG SUSPENSION)
HON. RONALD N. FICARROTTA, C.J., 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
01/10/2023
REFEREE APPOINTED
HON. MICHAEL BAGGÉ-HERNÁNDEZ, 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, DATED 01/10/2023 (FILED ELECTRONICALLY)