Opinion
No. SC14–2243.
05-15-2015
THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant(s), v. Lourdes Esther FERRER, Respondent(s).
Opinion
The Florida Bar filed a Petition for Contempt alleging that Respondent has failed to respond to official Bar inquiries. This Court issued an Order to Show Cause directing Respondent to respond by a date certain why she should not be held in contempt and sanctioned. Thereafter, Respondent filed a “Formal Response to This Honorable Court's Rule to Show Cause.” This response addressed the allegations of complaint against Respondent which was the subject of the Bar's official inquiry. However, it does not constitute a timely response. The Court takes very seriously every attorney's obligation to completely and timely respond to inquiries made by The Florida Bar. Therefore, because Respondent did not respond to the inquiries in a timely manner, Lourdes Esther Ferrer is hereby held in contempt and is hereby publicly reprimanded.
Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399–2300, for recovery of costs from Lourdes Esther Ferrer 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.
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, and PERRY, JJ., concur.