Opinion
No. SC14–605.
2014-09-11
THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant(s) v. Lance John RUFFE, Respondent(s).
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.
The filing of a motion for rehearing shall not alter the effective date of this suspension.