Since Fort Lauderdale attorney John Spencer Jenkins’ emergency suspension in January, the amount of client funds he’s alleged to have misappropriated has gone up to $612,000, and Jenkins has gone from a suspended lawyer to a disbarred lawyer.
John Jenkins, aka Spencer Jenkins, also remains gone.
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No filings or any form of communication came from Jenkins to prevent Thursday’s disbarment by the state Supreme Court. When his Truist Bank accounts were frozen on Jan. 16, a referee’s report said, his law firm trust account had $93.16 and the operating account had a negative balance.
No post-judgment filings appear from Jenkins on the professional malpractice lawsuit by former client Peter Mullins, on which Mullins was awarded a $235,600 judgment in September 2023. Mullins was able to get $6,632 from Jenkins’ E-Trade account via garnishment.
Calling Jenkins’ professional and personal phones reaches disconnect messages. His professional office is closed. One database placed Jenkins at a hotel loft in Philadelphia, but staff said he wasn’t registered there.