Tampa Radio: Judge Urged To Disbar Bubba Attorney

Stephen Diaco

The Florida Bar asked a Pinellas County FL judge on Monday to revoke the law licenses of three Tampa lawyers accused of arranging the arrest of a rival attorney during a high-profile trial in 2013.

The Tampa Bay Times reports the Bar's lawyers recommended that Stephen Diaco, a partner at Adams & Diaco, be permanently disbarred for his role in orchestrating C. Philip Campbell's DUI arrest in 2013. Calling Diaco's motives "malicious and for personal gain," the Bar's lawyers wrote that his actions not only interrupted a trial, but also "tarnished the reputation of the legal profession and the Tampa Police Department."

For Diaco's colleagues, Robert Adams and Adam Filthaut, the Bar recommended a lighter punishment: temporary disbarment with the opportunity to reapply for their law licenses after five years.

His recommendation is due at the end of the month.

Last month, Baird found all three lawyers guilty of arranging Campbell's DUI arrest to gain an advantage in a multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit in 2013 pitting their client, radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge Clem, against his radio rival, Todd "MJ" Schnitt. At the time, Campbell was representing Schnitt.

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