A South Florida lawyer has been suspended for a year for, knowingly or unknowingly, helping an attempted fraud by a woman who was trying to swipe real estate.
The lawyer is Cooper City’s Ashley Morin, 30. The woman is Hollywood’s Suzanne Corcoran, 67. The victim is Fort Lauderdale attorney Ryan Shrouder — Morin’s former boss and Corcoran’s son.
On the criminal side of things, Morin and Corcoran each got her own four-year probation that runs until June 17, 2029. Corcoran pleaded no contest to filing false documents and fraudulent use of personal ID. Morin pleaded no contest to two counts of fraudulent use of personal ID and one count of forgery.
As of Sunday, Morin was one month into the suspension handed down by the state Supreme Court that disdained the opinion of professional discipline case referee, Judge Paul Anthony Damico. Damico recommended a 90-day suspension for Morin, finding she showed remorse and didn’t act with a dishonest or selfish motive…