Opinion
CASE NO.: SC12-2737 Lower Tribunal No(s).: 20100123(04)
02-28-2014
THE FLORIDA BAR Petitioner(s) v. HETSLER MEDIATION & VALUATION, INC., ET AL. Respondent(s)
The uncontested report of the referee is approved and Respondents and any employees or persons acting in concert with Respondents are permanently and perpetually enjoined from engaging in the unlicensed practice of law in the State of Florida as specified in the report and stipulation.
Judgment is ordered for the State of Florida, for a civil penalty in the amount of $2,000.00, from Hetsler Mediation & Valuation, Inc., a Florida Profit Corporation; Robert G. Hetsler, Jr., individually and as President of Hetsler Mediation and Valuation, Inc., for which sum let execution issue. Respondents shall submit payment of the civil penalty to the UPL Department of The Florida Bar, payable to the Supreme Court of Florida, as provided in Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 10-7.1(f)(2). If Respondent fails to submit payment of the civil penalty within one year from the date of this order, the matter will be turned over to the Florida Department of Financial Services for collection. It is so ordered.
Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300, for recovery of costs from Hetsler Mediation & Valuation, Inc., a Florida Profit Corporation; Robert G. Hetsler, Jr., individually and as President of Hetsler Mediation and Valuation, Inc., in the amount of $1,119.13, for which sum let execution issue.
Not final until time expires to file motion for rehearing and, if filed, determined. POLSTON, C.J., PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, LABARGA, and PERRY, J.J., concur. A True Copy
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John A. Tomasmo
Clerk, Supreme Court
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Served:
NANCY MUNJIOVI BLOUNT
MONICA ARMSTER RAINGE
MARY ELLEN BATEMAN
LORI S. HOLCOMB
HON. TYRIE WILLIAM BOYER, JUDGE
JOHN H. RUTHERFORD, SHERIFF
(for service on Respondents' counsel RICHARD RANDALL KURITZ)