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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: J.A. Jurgens Category: Lawyers
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Address
900 Fox Valley Drive, Suite 100
Longwood
Florida, County: Seminole
 Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Disbarred for five years, effective retroactive to June 22, 2009, the date of his emergency suspension, following a Jan. 7 court order. Further, Jurgens is ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $5,783.59 to one client. (Admitted to practice: 1987) Jurgens misappropriated funds from his trust account on 12 separate occasions between November 2008 and March 2009. Jurgens also failed to follow trust accounting rules and he failed to promptly deliver funds to a client. (Case No. SC09-1312) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Thomas Lemuel Hurst Category: Lawyers
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Address
822 N.E. 96th St.
Miami
Florida, County: Miami/ Dade
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Suspended effective immediately, following a Jan. 13 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1972) Hurst failed to comply with a grievance committee subpoena in August 2009, which required him to appear and produce trust account records. (Case No. SC09-1854) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: John Vernon Head Category: Lawyers
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Address
13011 Bellerive Lane
Orlando
Florida, County: Orange
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Suspended for one year, and thereafter, until he proves rehabilitation, effective 30 days from a Jan. 7 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1990) Head knowingly made a false statement to a court and others in the course of representing a client in a bankruptcy case. Head was previously disciplined for similar misconduct. (Case No. SC07-2398) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Gary John Hausler Category: Lawyers
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Address
6302 Trail Blvd.
Naples
Florida, County: Collier
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Disbarred effective immediately, following a Jan. 7 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1984) Hausler received $80,000 from clients to be used for a loan transaction. The intended borrower subsequently died and Hausler disbursed the money for his own benefit without the clients\' permission. (Case No. SC09-1081) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Heather Mary Ann Gray Category: Lawyers
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Address
P.O. Box 2668
Riverview
Florida, County: Hillsborough
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Suspended for three years, effective immediately, following a Jan. 21 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1996)In numerous instances, Gray was paid to represent clients and she failed to diligently pursue their cases or communicate with them. She also failed to respond to Bar inquiries regarding client complaints. (Case No. SC09-1121) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Delmer C. Gowing, III Category: Lawyers
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Address
6711 N. Ocean Blvd., Apt. 12
Ocean Ridge
Florida, County: Palm Beach
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Disbarred for five years, effective immediately, following a Jan. 21 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1989) Further, Gowing shall pay restitution of $10,000 to one client. Gowing misappropriated client funds. He also issued multiple worthless checks from his operating account. (Case No. SC09-1311) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: George Louis Garcia Category: Lawyers
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Address
2815 S.W. 27th Terrace
Miami
Florida, County: Miami/ Dade
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Permanently disbarred effective immediately, following a Jan. 8 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1993) Garcia was found in contempt of a May 25, 2000, Supreme Court order, in which he received a three-year suspension effective retroactive to Aug. 8, 1998. While under suspension, Garcia worked as a real estate paralegal and conducted numerous fraudulent real estate transactions involving improper disbursements from his employer\'s trust account. (Case No. SC06-1881) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Kirsten Elizabeth Franklin Category: Lawyers
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Address
P.O. Box 7974
Princeton
Florida, County: Miami/ Dade
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Suspended for three years effective 30 days from a Jan. 7 court order. (Admitted to practice: 2003) Further, Franklin shall pay restitution to 16 clients in the amount of $20,923.00. Kirsten formed a real estate law group and entered into an agreement with a non-lawyer. Under the terms of the agreement, she became responsible for approximately 600 client files. When the business relationship was severed, Franklin abandoned all legal representation and she failed to notify the clients and the courts of her termination of services. She also failed to refund clients fees. (Case No. SC09-2301) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Mitchell Eric Fox Category: Lawyers
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Address
950 S Pine Island Road, Suite A15
Plantation
Florida, County: Broward
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Disbarred effective immediately, following a Jan. 7 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1988) Further, Fox shall pay restitution to all former clients who suffered as a result of his misconduct. On numerous occasions between 2005 and 2008, Fox misappropriated thousands of dollars in client trust funds. He failed to produce all subpoenaed records requested by The Florida Bar, including bank statements, canceled checks, cash disbursements and client ledgers. (Case No. SC09-1305) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Andrew Stuart Forman Category: Lawyers
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Address
P.O. Box 47121
Tampa
Florida, County: Hillsborough
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Permanently disbarred effective immediately, following a Jan. 21 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1983)Forman represented a company in a foreclosure sale and received $308,000 to be held in trust for use at the sale. When the funds were not needed for the foreclosure, Forman disbursed the funds for his own purposes, without the permission of the client. He subsequently failed and refused to return the funds to the client. (Case No. SC09-1029) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Maria Soledad Estevez Category: Lawyers
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Address
P.O. Box 162309
Miami
Florida, County: Miami/ Dade
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Suspended for six months effective 30 days from a Jan. 7 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1990) Further, Estevez shall pay restitution of $2,500 to one client and $1,614 to another client. In two separate instances, Estevez was hired to represent clients and she failed to communicate or take any action. She neglected to respond to Florida Bar inquiries regarding the cases, and she failed to cooperate with the grievance committee during its investigations. (Case No. SC09-1309) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Daniel Newton Brodersen Category: Lawyers
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Address
13350 W. Colonial Drive, Suite 320
Winter Garden
Florida, County: Orange
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Suspended for one year, effective 30 days from a December 3, 2009, court order. (Admitted to practice: 1987) During the course of representing a client in a foreclosure matter, Brodersen created fraudulent letters and lied under oath. (Case No. SC09-113) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Jerome Berg Category: Lawyers
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Address
P.O. Box 15477
San Francisco
California/ Florida, County: unavailable
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Disbarred effective 30 days from a Jan. 21 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1957) This is a reciprocal discipline action. Berg was disbarred in California in 1998. He mishandled the billing of 41 cases. Berg also billed a client prior to work being done, over-charged the agreed per hour amount, and continued to bill after the client terminated the contract. It was later determined that he had over-billed approximately $250,000. In another instance, Berg represented a client in personal injury claims arising from two separate car accidents. Upon settling the cases, Berg issued himself a check in excess of the attorney client agreement. Although the client disputed the fee, Berg failed to reimburse the trust fund. He also failed to make timely disbursements to the client. (Case No. SC08-957) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Matthews Ryan Bark Category: Lawyers
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Address
217 N.E. Ivanhoe Blvd.
Orlando
Florida, County: Orange
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| He was placed on emergency probation for an indefinite period of time, effective immediately, following a Feb. 9 court order. (Admitted to practice: 2007) Bark agreed to participate in a rehabilitation program offered by Florida Lawyers Assistance, Inc. (Case No. SC10-145) |
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Date Posted: April 22, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Frank Elie Amsalem Category: Lawyers
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Address
3640 Yacht Club Drive, Apt. 308
Aventura
Florida, County: Miami/ Dade
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Suspended for one year, effective 30 days from a Jan. 7 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1996) After his divorce, Amsalem failed to willingly make child support and alimony payments. At one point, he was jailed and given an income deduction order. (Case No. SC09-259) |
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Date Posted: March 26, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Cactus Motel Category: Business Complaint
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Address
2633 W Tennessee St
Tallahassee
Florida, 32304 County: Leon
(850) 576-2222
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Overview
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| They were rude and did not respond to basic questions. Called back a second time asked how much the rooms were and what the person's name was. The person refused to even say his first name. He asked why we needed it, which made us wonder. We checked the division of Corporations. According to their information the Hotel & all Corporations connected have been dissolved since 1999 |
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Date Posted: March 14, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Branch Lamar Winegeart, III Category: Lawyers
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Address
1608 Summerdown Way
St. Johns
Florida, County: St. Johns
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Suspended for three years, effective retroactive to July 7, 2008, following a Dec. 10, 2009 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1979) Additionally, prior to reinstatement, Winegeart is to be evaluated by Florida Lawyers Assistance and certified eligible to practice law. In several instances, Winegeart was retained to represent clients and failed to follow through. He consistently misrepresented the truth, failed to appear in court, failed to communicate with clients and charged excessive fees (Case No. SC09-1219) |
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Date Posted: March 14, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Carmen Vozzella Category: Lawyers
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Address
13805 83rd Street
Fellsmere
Florida, County: Indian River
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Suspended for one year, effective 30 days from an Oct. 29, 2009 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1992) Vozzella worked with an attorney who was under disciplinary resignation and ineligible to practice law, and took no steps to supervise her or the paralegal who was based in another state. Vozzella also failed to maintain minimum trust accounting records and failed to follow minimum trust accounting procedures. (Case No. SC09-1876) |
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Date Posted: March 14, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Robert G. Udell Category: Lawyers
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Address
1331 S.E. Ocean Blvd.
Stuart
Florida, County: Martin
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Disbarred effective immediately, following an Oct. 29, 2009 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1981) Udell agreed to represent a client in a criminal case and he failed to keep a portion of the $50,000 fee in trust as required. Also, between 2005 and 2008, Udell submitted fee affidavits and motions for attorney’s fees which contained false information about the services he performed on behalf of several clients. (Case No. SC09-1879)
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Date Posted: March 14, 2010 Action Line Complaint: Marvin Lee Stull Category: Lawyers
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Address
1923 16th St. North
St. Petersburg
Florida, County: Pinellas
Phone Number Unavailble
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Overview
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| Disbarred for five years, effective retroactive to August 12, 2009, following a Dec. 10, 2009 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1975) Stull improperly withdrew funds from several client bank accounts for his personal use. In one case, the client was deceased. Stull also was arrested and jailed for failure to appear in court. He was found to be in indirect criminal contempt and sentenced to probation. (Case No. SC09-1646) |
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