Florida Bar v. Weinstein

In Florida Bar v. Weinstein, 624 So. 2d 261 (Fla. 1993), the attorney personally solicited a critically injured patient in his hospital room, using lies and deception to gain entrance into the room. 624 So. 2d at 261-62. Further, the attorney gave false or misleading testimony under oath regarding his improper solicitations. The Court stated that in-person solicitation of a critically injured patient in a hospital room, accompanied by lying to health-care personnel, is one of the more odious infractions that a lawyer can commit; his conduct brings his profession into disrepute and reduces it to a caricature. Disbarment is the appropriate sanction in the aggravated circumstances of this case. Id. at 262.