The Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined 15 attorneys, disbarring three, suspending 11, and reprimanding one.

Najah Nzinga Adams, 5200 NW 43rd St., Suite 102-178, Gainesville, suspended for 91 days effective 31 days following a December 12 court order. (Admitted to practice: 2008). Adams was hired and paid $3,500 by a client in a paternity case. Soon after, Adams stopped responding to the client’s text messages or returning their calls. Although Adams drafted the pleadings for the paternity action, she never filed them. The client ultimately filed a pro se Petition for Paternity. The case was finalized by the client. To date, Adams has never replied to the Bar or the grievance committee investigating her. The client filed a civil suit against Adams in Alachua County small claims court and obtained a final judgment for the return of the fees paid plus costs. Adams violated the following Rules Regulating The Florida Bar: 4-1.3 Diligence; 4-1.4 Communication; 4-1.5 Fees and Costs for Legal Services; 4-3.2 Expediting Litigation; and 4-8.4(g) A lawyer shall not fail to respond, in writing, to any official inquiry by bar counsel or a disciplinary agency. (Case No. SC24-0241)

Christopher John Atcachunas, 1270 Orange Ave., Winter Park, suspended for 91 days effective 30 days from the December 19 court order and payment of Bar costs. (Admitted to practice: 2006) Atcachunas engaged in a pattern of neglect and lack of communication in two client matters. In the second client matter, respondent made misrepresentations to the client that he had filed the lawsuit when he had never filed the lawsuit for the client. (Case No. SC24-0921)