Opinion
CASE NO.: SC14-605
09-11-2014
THE FLORIDA BAR Complainant(s) v. LANCE JOHN RUFFE Respondent(s)
Lower Tribunal No(s).: 2014-90,125(OSC)
This is before the Court on The Florida Bar's Petition for Contempt and Order to Show Cause.
The Court having issued its Order to Show Cause to respondent and respondent having failed to file a response to said Order to Show Cause,
IT IS ORDERED that respondent is held in contempt of this Court's order dated November 21, 2013, in case number SC13-1442. As a sanction, respondent is suspended from the practice of law for one year. Respondent is currently suspended; therefore, this suspension is effective immediately. Respondent shall fully comply with Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 3-5.1(h) and shall comply with this Court's order of suspension in case number SC13-1442 prior to petitioning for reinstatement.
Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300, for recovery of costs from respondent, Lance John Ruffe, 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. The filing of a motion for rehearing shall not alter the effective date of this suspension. 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:
ARNE CARL VANSTRUM
LANCE JOHN RUFFE
ADRIA E. QUINTELA