The Florida Supreme Court ruled that Leon Circuit Judge Barbara Hobbs will have to face public reprimand and a 60-day suspension from the bench without pay, pay a $30,000 fine and must attend an employee-management program.

The ruling is consistent with the punishment a Florida Judicial Qualifications hearing panel called for after Hobbs improperly represented her son, Justin Haynes, following his arrests in Tallahassee on several charges, including attempted second-degree murder.

H. Scott Fingerhut, law professor at FIU College of Law and trial lawyer. H. Scott Fingerhut, law professor at FIU College of Law and trial lawyer.

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