Opinion
CASE NO.: SC14-1057
11-14-2014
THE FLORIDA BAR Complainant(s) v. STUART BARRY YANOFSKY Respondent(s)
Lower Tribunal No(s).: 2014-51,291(17J)OSC
The Florida Bar filed a Petition for Contempt alleging that the Respondent has failed to respond to official bar inquiries. This Court issued an Order to Show Cause to the Respondent to respond by a date certain why he should not be held in contempt and suspended until such time as he fully complied in writing to the official bar inquiries. The Respondent alleges that he has now responded to the inquiries albeit not in a timely manner. The Court takes very seriously every attorney's obligation to completely and timely respond to inquiries made by The Florida Bar. Therefore, because this Respondent did not respond to the inquiries in a timely manner, Stuart Barry Yanofsky 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 Stuart Barry Yanofsky 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. A True Copy
Test:
/s/_________
John A. Tomasino
Clerk, Supreme Court
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Served:
NAVIN A. RAMNATH
STUART BARRY YANOFSKY
ADRIA E. QUINTELA