Opinion
No. SC15–484.
06-12-2015
THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant(s) v. S. Tracy LONG, Respondent(s).
Opinion
The Florida Bar filed a Petition for Contempt alleging that Respondent has failed to provide proof of his compliance with this Court's order in The Florida Bar v. S. Tracy Long, Case No. SC14–2098, and to respond to its official inquiries. This Court issued an Order to Show Cause directing Respondent to respond by a date certain why he should not be held in contempt and sanctioned. Thereafter, Respondent filed a “Response to Order to Show Cause.” This response contained proof of Respondent's compliance with this Court's order in Case No. SC14–2098 and explained why he did not respond to the Bar's official inquiries. This response, however, does not constitute a timely response to the Bar's official inquiries. 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, S. Tracy Long 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 S. Tracy Long in the amount of $1,250.00, for which sum let execution issue.
The filing of a motion for rehearing shall not alter the effective date of this order.
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, and PERRY, JJ., concur.