EvilEsq Bar Admits William Roach, Jr., Esquire

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Proposed by the Florida Bar Association, William Roach, Jr., Esquire has been admit­ted to the Evil Esquire Bar Association as an asso­ciate member.

The Florida State Supreme Court sus­pended Mr. Roach for three years, run­ning con­sec­u­tively to the three-year sus­pen­sion ordered in 2007, fol­low­ing a Dec. 18, 2008 court order.  He was also ordered to pay $1,540 of resti­tu­tion to two clients. 

During the course of a pre­vi­ous three-year sus­pen­sion from the Florida Bar Association, which began in 2007, Roach pro­vided legal advice to clients, but did not advise them that he was suspended.

Details regard­ing this case are scant. Literally inter­pret­ing the Florida Bar Association’s “appli­ca­tion” for Roach’s admis­sion, it appears the rea­son for the exten­sion of his sus­pen­sion was that he didn’t “advise” his clients he was sus­pended.  Therefore it fol­lows that a Florida Attorney can con­tinue prac­tic­ing law even though they are sus­pended pro­vided they advise their clients of that fact. No?

Bill’s last known address was 300 South Pine Island Road, Suite 266 in Plantation, Florida.  He was admit­ted to prac­tice in Florida in 1986.

Has the resti­tu­tion ordered by the Florida Supreme Court been paid? Are Mr. Roach’s clients sat­is­fied with the dis­ci­pline imposed in this case?  Have there been and other com­plaints regard­ing this attor­ney that the Florida Bar has not acted on?

Anyone is inter­ested in delv­ing fur­ther into this case, the cita­tion is: SC08-693.