Florida Bar: Casey Anthony attorney Jose Baez did not violate bar rules

Florida Bar: Casey Anthony attorney Jose Baez did not violate bar rules

Responding to a complaint about attorney Jose Baez and how he is getting paid, The Florida Bar said Baez broke no ethical rules.

Alan Schmadtke, Amy L. Edwards and Sarah Lundy Sentinel Staff Writers

6:42 p.m. EDT, September 8, 2009

Excerpt:

The Florida Bar cleared Casey Anthony's lead defense attorney Jose Baez of an ethical complaint, accusing him getting paid in the case, according to documents obtained Tuesday by the Orlando Sentinel.

In a Sept. 9th letter from the Bar's grievance committee, the chairman David Golden said the committee "has determined that there is insufficient evidence to establish that Mr. Baez violated" Florida Bar rules and that the case is closed.

The committee began to look into the matter after a self-described freelance journalist and author Shannon Stoy filed a complaint in February. She is president of Blink Development Group, LLC, in Pennington, N.J.

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