Nine lawyers were disciplined this month for various infractions of conduct in Florida.

The punishment was issued by the Florida Supreme Court , The Florida Bar and its division of Lawyer Regulation. Eight of those lawyers were suspended while one was reprimanded after they were found to have engaged in misconduct, according to a news release from The Florida Bar.

Fort Lauderdale lawyer David Casals was suspended from practice for 30 days after a felony conviction. He was charged with trafficking cocaine, delivery of cocaine and introducing contraband into a county detention facility. He was convicted Sept. 5 and sentenced to 364 days in the Palm Beach County Jail and three years probation. Casals is appealing.

Billy-Joe Hoot Crawford , a lawyer in Panama City, was

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