Jacksonville attorney reprimanded

Attorney: Samuel S. Popkin

Location: Jacksonville

Bar membership: Member since 1977

Disciplinary action: Reprimanded on Aug. 15

Background: Popkin was appointed to represent a client in a termination of parental rights case. The client tried to reach Popkin for information about the case and Popkin failed to return his calls. Popkin’s response to the resulting grievance was nearly a month late. Popkin’s prior discipline for similar conduct was a factor in the Grievance Committee’s decision to issue a reprimand.

Previous discipline: Popkin was suspended from practice for one year, which was stayed, in 1991; censured in 1991 for failing to act with reasonable diligence in representing a client; suspended from practice for three years, a year of which was served actively, in 1992; censured in 1996 for failing to act with reasonable diligence in representing a client; and reprimanded in 2006.