Opinion
CASE NO.: SC13-533 Lower Tribunal No.: 20113095(9B) Lower Tribunal No.: 20123076(9B) Lower Tribunal No.: 20123077(9B) Lower Tribunal No.: 20123114(9B)
07-03-2014
THE FLORIDA BAR Petitioner(s) v. JOHN NEHMATALLAH, INDIVIDUALLY, AND D/B/A ELITE CAPITAL GROUP, L.L.C. Respondent(s)
The uncontested report of the referee is approved and Respondent and any employees or persons acting in concert with Respondent are permanently and perpetually enjoined from engaging in the unlicensed practice of law in the State of Florida as specified in the stipulation.
John Nehmatallah shall pay restitution in the amounts of $2,000.00 to Donna Gossett and $50.00 to Bethzavette Almestica under the terms and conditions set forth in the stipulation.
Judgment is ordered for the State of Florida, for a civil penalty in the amount of $2,000.00, from John Nehmatallah, for which sum let execution issue. Respondent 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 John Nehmatallah in the amount of $270.04, 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:
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John A. Tomasino
Clerk, Supreme Court
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