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Date Docketed
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Description
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07/22/2008
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PETITION-SUSPENSION (EMERGENCY)
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CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO Juan Carlos Arias 76414
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W/EXHIBITS (O&1)
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07/22/2008
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No Fee Required
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07/23/2008
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DISP-SUSPENSION (EMERG CLOSE OUT)
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The Petition for Emergency Suspension filed pursuant to Rule 3-5.2 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar is approved and it is hereby ordered that the respondent is suspended from the practice of law until further order of this Court, and respondent is ordered: a. To accept no new clients from the date of this Court's order and to cease representing any clients after thirty days of this Court's order. b. To immediately furnish a copy of respondent's suspension order to all clients, opposing counsel and courts before which respondent is counsel of record and to furnish Staff Counsel of The Florida Bar with the requisite affidavit listing all clients, opposing counsel and courts so informed within thirty days of this Court's order. c. In the event that respondent regains control of her bank accounts, respondent is ordered to refrain from disbursing or withdrawing any monies from any trust account without approval of the Florida Supreme Court or a referee appointed by the Florida Supreme Court or order of the circuit court in which an inventory attorney has been appointed. d. In the event that respondent regains control of her bank accounts, respondent is ordered to deposit into a specified trust account, all sums received from the practice of law, whether as fees, costs, deposits, or trust funds, within thirty days of this Court's order and thereafter, and to immediately advise Bar Counsel of the receipt and location of said funds. e. To immediately notify in writing all financial institutions in which respondent maintains trust accounts of the provisions of respondent's suspension and to provide said financial institutions with a copy of this Court's order, and furthermore, to provide Bar Counsel with a copy of the notice sent to each financial institution. Not final until time expires to file motion for rehearing, and if filed, determined. The filing of a motion for rehearing shall not alter the effective date of this suspension. (EFFECTIVE 10/24/08, SEE ORDER DATED 08/25/08)
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08/19/2008
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MOTION-EXT OF TIME (MISC)
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RS Laura L. Hess 280940 BY: WE D. Culver Smith 105933
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MOTION TO EXTEND CLOSE OUT PERIOD, FILED AS "RESPONDENT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO POSTPONE EFFECTIVE DATE OF EMERGENCY SUSPENSION" (W/ATTACHMENTS)
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08/19/2008
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MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE
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Rene D. Harrod 627666 BY: Rene D. Harrod 627666
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MOTION OF COURT-APPOINTED RECEIVER FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR COMPLIANCE WITH PORTIONS OF THE EMERGENCY SUSPENSION ORDER AND FOR AN ORDER CLARIFYING THE ROLE OF THE RECEIVER, W/ATTACHMENTS (O&2) (08/25/08: MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED)
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08/25/2008
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ORDER-FLA BAR CLOSE OUT PERIOD MODIFIED
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Respondent's Unopposed Motion to Postpone Effective Date of Emergency Suspension is granted and the suspension ordered by this Court dated July 23, 2008, shall be effective October 24, 2008.
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08/25/2008
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ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE GR
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Upon consideration of the "Motion of Court-Appointed Receiver for Extension of Time for Compliance with Portions of the Emergency Suspension Order and for an Order Clarifying the Role of the Receiver," it is ordered that the motion for extension of time is hereby granted and respondent is allowed to and including October 24, 2008, to fully comply with this Court's order dated July 23, 2008. The remainder of the motion is still pending before this Court.
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09/02/2008
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MOTION-COUNS WITHDRAWAL
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RS Laura L. Hess 280940 BY: WE D. Culver Smith 105933
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09/19/2008
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ORDER-COUNS WITHDRAWAL GR
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The motion to withdraw as attorney of record for Laura L. Hess is granted and D. Culver Smith, III, is hereby allowed to withdraw as counsel for respondent.
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09/23/2008
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ORDER-HIGH PROFILE
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Because of significant public and media interest in this matter, counsel for the parties are directed to hereafter file an original and eight copies of all pleadings filed with this Court. Per this Court's Administrative Order In Re: Mandatory Submission of Electronic Copies of Documents, AOSC04-84, dated September 13, 2004, counsel are directed to transmit a copy of all documents, including any attachments and appendices, in an electronic format as required by the provisions of that order. FOR GENERAL FILING INFORMATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. AOSC04-84, PLEASE VISIT THE CLERK'S OFFICE WEBSITE AT http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/clerk/index.shtml.
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10/14/2008
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MOTION-EXT OF TIME (MISC)
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Rene D. Harrod 627666 BY: Rene D. Harrod 627666
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MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR COMPLIANCE, FILED AS "UNOPPOSED MOTION OF COURT-APPOINTED RECEIVER FOR SECOND EXTENSION OF TIME FOR COMPLIANCE WITH PORTIONS OF THE EMERGENCY SUSPENSION ORDER" W/ATTACHMENTS (O&1)
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10/27/2008
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NOTICE-COMPLIANCE
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Melanie Ann Hines 279250 BY: Melanie Ann Hines 279250
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RECEIVER'S NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE
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10/29/2008
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ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE
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Upon consideration of the "Motion of Court-Appointed Receiver for Extension of Time for Compliance with Portions of the Emergency Suspension Order and for an Order Clarifying the Role of the Receiver," that portion of the motion requesting clarification of the receiver's role in Office of the Attorney General v. Hess, Case No. 08-007686 08, currently pending in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, is hereby dismissed as unauthorized.
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12/16/2008
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ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE
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The "Unopposed Motion of Court-Appointed Receiver for Second Extension of Time for Compliance with Portions of the Emergency Suspension Order" filed with this Court on October 14, 2008, is hereby dismissed as unauthorized.
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01/08/2009
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RECORD CENTER
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C00000200850
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10/17/2019
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FILE DESTROYED
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