On Monday, September 22, 2025, The Florida Bar filed a petition with the Supreme Court of Florida seeking approval of a Conditional Guilty Plea for Consent Judgment involving attorney Scott Alan Brody. The filing requests the court to accept the plea agreement and accompanying stipulation for an agreed order.
The case is entitled “In the Matter of Scott Alan Brody,” with case number 2023-00,143(2B).
According to the petition, Brody submitted the Conditional Guilty Plea for Consent Judgment before a formal complaint was filed with the Supreme Court. The plea has been approved by The Florida Bar under Rule Regulating Fla. Bar 3-7.9.
The proposed disciplinary measures include a public reprimand to be published in the Southern Reporter and the payment of The Florida Bar’s costs.
The basis for Brody’s guilty plea stems from allegations that, while on voluntary inactive status with The Florida Bar and practicing law in New York at Brody, O’Connor & O’Connor, Esqs., he sent a demand letter on his firm’s letterhead to Rick Burgess at Dealer’s Pro Choice and Annie Mancin of Grieco Mazda of Delray Beach on behalf of his aunt, Ellyn Frankel, on September 30, 2022. The letter included a statement implying potential litigation.
The Florida Bar contends that Brody’s firm letterhead stated he was “Also admitted to Florida Bar,” without indicating his inactive status. Similar information was displayed on the firm’s website. The Florida Bar argues that these actions violated Rules Regulating The Florida Bar: 1-7.5, 4-7.21(a), and 4-8.4(a). Brody has since corrected his firm’s letterhead and website.
Mitigating factors considered include Brody’s lack of prior disciplinary record in Florida, the absence of dishonest or selfish motives as he was assisting an elderly relative, his timely effort to correct the letterhead and website, and his cooperative attitude during the proceedings. An aggravating factor is his substantial experience in the practice of law, having been admitted in 1985.
Brody has agreed to pay $1,265.90 in costs associated with the case within 30 days of the court order. The plea stipulates that these costs are not dischargeable in bankruptcy proceedings and that failure to pay will result in delinquency and ineligibility to practice law unless the Florida Bar Board of Governors defers payment.
A copy of the original filing can be found here.
