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Florida Supreme Court Disbars Attorney for Misappropriating Client Settlement Funds

The Supreme Court of Florida disbarred Robert Michael Fojo on Nov. 26, 2025, finding he lied about a client settlement check and used other clients’ trust funds to make a partial repayment.

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Published Nov. 6, 2026. Case status is current as of that date.

A personal-injury settlement check that clears into a lawyer’s IOLTA still belongs to the client. On Nov. 26, 2025, the Supreme Court of Florida disbarred Robert Michael Fojo in The Florida Bar v. Fojo, No. SC2024-0622, rejecting a referee’s recommended three-year suspension because disbarment was the appropriate sanction for intentional misappropriation and deceit [1].

Status: Disbarred; ordered to pay The Florida Bar’s costs of $1,898.24. The case proceeded as reciprocal discipline after New Hampshire allowed Fojo to resign following a suspension, and Massachusetts struck him from its roll [1].

What the court found

According to the Supreme Court of Florida’s per curiam opinion [1]:

  1. A personal-injury client repeatedly asked about her settlement check. Fojo falsely said the carrier had not issued it, though the insurer’s check had already been mailed and cleared months earlier.
  2. When New Hampshire discipline authorities subpoenaed his IOLTA records, they found he lacked funds to cover a $12,000 partial payment to that client and had used other clients’ trust money, leaving him out of trust by roughly $15,000 (and tens of thousands overall).
  3. The court held Standards 4.1 and 4.6 supported disbarment for intentional misappropriation and client deceit, and that reciprocal resignation elsewhere also supported disbarment in Florida.

The person disbarred

Robert Michael Fojo. Florida (and formerly New Hampshire / Massachusetts) attorney. Disbarred Nov. 26, 2025 (Florida Bar v. Fojo, SC2024-0622) [1].

Case status (as of Nov. 6, 2026)

Respondent Court Status Source
Robert Michael Fojo Supreme Court of Florida, SC2024-0622 Disbarred Nov. 26, 2025; costs $1,898.24; prior NH resignation / MA strike [1]

Disciplinary status changes only through further court action.

Sources

  1. Supreme Court of Florida, The Florida Bar v. Robert Michael Fojo, No. SC2024-0622 (Nov. 26, 2025). https://flcourts-media.flcourts.gov/content/download/2472148/opinion/Opinion_SC2024-0622.pdf
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  • #Florida Bar
  • #settlement theft
  • #IOLTA
  • #Robert Michael Fojo

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