The Florida Bar v. Lee David Sarkin & the Florida Bar v. Drew Mark Levitt

• Court: Supreme Court of Florida
• Decided: October 30, 2025
• Docket: SC2025-0448 & SC2025-0451
• Status: Published

Opinion

Supreme Court of Florida THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2025

The Florida Bar, SC2025-0448 Complainant(s) Lower Tribunal No(s).: v. 2023-50,627(17J); 2023-50,667(17J); Lee David Sarkin, Respondent(s)

The Florida Bar, SC2025-0451 Complainant(s) Lower Tribunal No(s).: v. 2023-50,626(17J); 2023-50,668(17J) Drew Mark Levitt, Respondent(s)

Upon consideration of the Reports of Referee Accepting

Consent Judgment, the Conditional Guilty Pleas for Consent

Judgment, the Stipulations to Entry of Agreed Orders, and the

Motions to Assess Costs, it is the judgment of this Court that the

Reports of Referee, Consent Judgments, and the Stipulations, filed

with this Court on May 16, 2025, are hereby disapproved. The

Court would instead impose a three-year suspension in each case,

along with the other conditions set forth in the Reports of Referee,

and payment of The Florida Bar’s costs. Should the parties agree to

this disposition, revised Consent Judgments shall be filed with the CASE NOS.: SC2025-0448 & SC2025-0451 Page Two

Court within 30 days of the date of this order. Otherwise, the

matters should be scheduled for hearing before the referee and

Amended Reports of Referee filed with the Court within 90 days of

the date of this order.

MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur. LABARGA, J., concurs in part and dissents in part with an opinion.

LABARGA, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part.

I concur with the majority that the factual findings in the

reports of the referee are sufficient to support Respondents’

culpability for violating numerous Rules Regulating The Florida

Bar. However, I disagree with the majority’s decision to reject the

stipulation of the parties which provided for a suspension of

eighteen months for each Respondent and, instead, impose a three-

year suspension.

While the actions of the Respondents were egregious to say the

least, both have been members of The Florida Bar for over thirty

years without any disciplinary record. I find these two factors to be CASE NOS.: SC2025-0448 & SC2025-0451 Page Three

significant and worthy of consideration. I would accept suspending

the Respondents for eighteen months.

A True Copy Test:

SC2025-0448 10/30/2025 SC2025-0451 10/30/2025

SO

Served:

HON. KATHLEEN MCCARTHY PATRICIA ANN TORO SAVITZ D. CULVER SMITH, III TRACY LEE SORCEK