Opinion
CASE NO.: SC14-2090
01-27-2015
THE FLORIDA BAR Complainant(s) v. GAYLE PATRICIA ELLSWORTH Respondent(s)
Lower Tribunal No(s).: 2015-90,034(OSC)
This cause is before the Court on The Florida Bar's Petition for Contempt and Order to Show Cause.
The Court having issued its Order to Show Cause to respondent and respondent having failed to file a response to said Order to Show Cause,
IT IS ORDERED that the Bar's petition is granted and respondent is held in contempt of this Court's order in Florida Bar v. Ellsworth, SC14-518 (Fla. Jul. 9, 2014). As a sanction, respondent is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in Florida. Respondent is currently suspended, so the disbarment is effective immediately. Respondent shall fully comply with Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 3-5.1(h).
Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300, for recovery of costs from Gayle Patricia Ellsworth in the amount of $1,250.00, for which sum let execution issue.
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 disbarment.
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, and PERRY, JJ., concur. A True Copy Test: /s/_________
John A. Tomasino
Clerk, Supreme Court
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Served:
ARNE CARL VANSTRUM
GAYLE PATRICIA ELLSWORTH
ADRIA E. QUINTELA