Justices revoke Ex-State Attorney Jeff Siegmeister’s law license

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The state Supreme Court on Thursday revoked the law license of a former North Florida state attorney who pleaded guilty in February to federal charges involving bribery, extortion and wire fraud.

A two-page order said the revocation is “tantamount to disbarment” for Jeffrey Siegmeister, a former state attorney in the 3rd Judicial Circuit, which is made up of Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee and Taylor counties.

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Siegmeister was state attorney from 2013 to 2019, when he stepped down. He pleaded guilty in February to four felonies, including soliciting bribes from a defense lawyer for giving favorable treatment to clients of the lawyer, according to a Feb. 23 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Jacksonville.

The Supreme Court decision Thursday came after Siegmeister in March submitted what is known as a petition for “disciplinary revocation,” which involved agreeing to surrender his license rather than contesting the disciplinary charges, according to information on The Florida Bar website.

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