When lawyer Christopher K. Davies was pulled over by police in Florida, he admitted he had just bought $800 worth of the drug Ecstasy.

Due to Davies’ 2012 arrest on a drug possession charge, an Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission Hearing Board has recommended that he lose his law license for two years and until further Illinois Supreme Court order — effectively making the suspension indefinite.

Davies, who became an Illinois lawyer in 1998, last listed a business address in Boca Raton, Fla. He did not participate in the disciplinary proceedings.

As part of its case before the hearing board panel, the commission administrator’s office showed a video of Davies’ appearance last year on a reality television show.

Davies appeared on Bravo TV’s “Below Deck,” a show about crew members who work on large yachts. Davies was a guest identified as an investment banker on a yacht featured on the show.

As part of a champagne toast on the show, Davies said, “Here’s to the thug life, drug life and family life, which is the best.”

In November 2012, Davies bought about 12.8 grams of Ecstasy from Marcus Lockhart while in a vehicle parked at a strip mall in Coconut Creek, Fla.

The drug buy was videotaped by a private investigator. The investigator immediately gave the video to Coconut Creek police.

Five minutes after the buy, a Coconut Creek police officer stopped Davies, who drove a Cadillac Escalade. Officers then arrested Davies after smelling marijuana coming from inside his vehicle.

At that point, Davies told police “he had just bought some (Ecstasy) and it is in the car,” according to the ARDC administrator’s complaint filed against him last year.

Police then recovered two small bags that tested positive for Ecstasy.

In December 2012, Broward County prosecutors charged Davies with felony possession of a controlled substance.

Davies’ attorney then filed a motion to suppress physical evidence in his criminal case. A Florida judge granted that motion in December 2013.

The following month, the charges against Davies were dismissed after the Broward County state’s attorney’s office moved to drop them.

The ARDC administrator’s office accused Davies of committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on his honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer.

“Even though the criminal proceeding was dismissed, the conduct was still criminal in nature and thus violates the ethics code,” said ARDC Deputy Administrator James J. Grogan.

The complaint also alleged that Davies failed to cooperate with an ARDC investigation.

In late April 2014, Davies responded to an ARDC request for information by stating that his 2012 drug arrest was the “result of his ex-wife hiring an overzealous private investigator, that the arrest was unfounded and the case was dismissed for a lack of probable cause,” the ARDC’s complaint says.

Davies failed to respond to specific, detailed requests made by the administrator’s office, the complaint says.

Since Davies failed to participate in his disciplinary case, the administrator’s office presented the Bravo TV appearance video suggesting that Davies’ “take on life is apparently ‘the drug and thug life,’” Grogan said.

On March 24, the hearing board deemed the allegations of the administrator’s complaint admitted.

The hearing in Davies’ matter was on May 19. Davies did not attend, nor was he represented by a lawyer.

In a report issued Thursday, the hearing board urged Davies’ indefinite suspension “given the misconduct, the aggravating evidence and the relevant case law cited by the administrator.”

James B. Pritikin served as the hearing board’s chairman, joined by Patricia Piper Golden and Donald A. Pettis Sr., a non-lawyer. In the matter of Christopher K. Davies, No. 2014 PR 00138.

ARDC hearing boards act as trial courts in the disciplinary process, while the review board functions as an appellate tribunal. The Illinois Supreme Court has the final say in most disciplinary matters.

Davies, 46, was removed from the master roll of Illinois attorneys in 2012 for failing to comply with Continuing Legal Education requirements.

Davies is not a licensed lawyer in Florida.

He could not be reached for comment.

Grogan declined to comment about the hearing board report.