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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court has permanently disbarred two lawyers accused of orchestrating the arrest of a rival attorney.
In an opinion released Thursday, the court unanimously agreed with an earlier recommendation that Robert Adams and Adam Filthaut of Tampa be disbarred.
A third attorney in the case, Stephen Diaco, has already been permanently disbarred.
Diaco, Adams and Filthaut are accused of violating Florida Bar rules by setting up opposing attorney Phil Campbell with the help of a paralegal and a Tampa police officer.
Campbell was arrested for DUI in the middle of a 2013 trial. Campbell was representing radio shock jock Todd "MJ" Schnitt, who was suing another DJ, Bubba the Love Sponge Clem, for slander.
Clem was being represented by the Adams and Diaco law firm.
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