Florida Lawyer Permanently Disbarred for Role in DUI Setup
Stephen Diaco, one of three lawyers accused of setting up a rival’s DUI arrest, was permanently disbarred Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court, reports The Tampa Tribune.
The case began with a civil lawsuit in which Diaco and two other lawyers represented a radio personality who was the defendant in a slander suit. “But during the trial, [the plaintiff’s] lawyer, C. Phillip Campbell, was arrested for DUI. The state bar accused the Diaco firm of orchestrating the arrest by having a paralegal ply Campbell with liquor and then trick him into moving her car when a friend on the Tampa Police Department was waiting to catch him,” The Tribune reports.
The two other lawyers remain temporarily suspended.
