FLORIDA BAR v. MERKLE, 839 So.2d 700 (Fla. 2003)

Case No. SC03-221Supreme Court of Florida.
February 21, 2003

Decision Without Published Opinion

Lower Tribunal No. 2003-51,128(17A)FFC-AMENDED

The Florida Bar having filed on February 10, 2003, Notice of Determination or Judgment of Guilt showing that Jon Alex Merkle has been convicted of a felony by the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida, and the above-named attorney having failed to file a petition with the Court requesting modification or termination of the suspension, Jon Alex Merkle is automatically suspended from The Florida Bar pursuant to 3-7.2(e) of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar, and it is further ORDERED that this suspension shall be effective immediately.

Not final until time expires to file motion for rehearing and, if filed determined. The filing of a motion for rehearing shall not alter the effective date of this suspension.