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Report: Zimmerman atty Mark O'Mara faces ethics complaint

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark O’Mara, the Florida attorney who represented George Zimmerman during his murder trial, is facing an ethics complaint for how he handled the case, reports the Orlando Sentinel.

The name of the person who filed the complaint against O'Mara has not been released, but the Florida Bar confirmed Monday the complaint is being i 

 nvestigated in order to determine whether the attorney should be disciplined, according to the paper.

O’Mara has not commented.

Over the summer, Zimmerman was acquitted in the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed by the former Neighborhood Watch leader in a gated community in Sanford, Fla.




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