The Florida Bar v. Arugu
In a Bar discipline proceeding, the Court held that an attorney who served a non-party subpoena on a mortgage company that differed from the proposed subpoena attached to his notice of intent \u2014 adding three sets of records after the ten-day objection window closed \u2014 knowingly violated the rules of a tribunal, made a frivolous discovery request, and engaged in dishonest conduct by failing to disclose opposing counsel's objection to the subpoenaed non-party. The Court disapproved the referee's guilt finding under Rule 4-3.4(a) for lack of supporting findings and increased the recommended sixty-day suspension to ninety-one days.
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