Opinion
Case No. SC95748, Lower Tribunal No. 1999-32,197(18C)(CRE).
January 15, 2003.
The Florida Bar has petitioned for review of the referee's supplemental report in this reinstatement matter, and Lane Waring Vaughn has cross-petitioned for review. Having considered the supplemental report and the parties' arguments, the Court has determined that upon passage of the ethics portion of the Bar examination, Lane Waring Vaughn shall be reinstated to the practice of law in Florida.
Upon reinstatement, Vaughn shall commence serving a one-year probationary period, during which Vaughn shall remain free from law violations as well as any finding of probable cause in a Bar disciplinary matter. Vaughn's probation shall include the following conditions: (1) upon the Bar's request, Vaughn will provide to the Bar medical information evidencing his ongoing monitoring of and treatment for pain management, and upon the Bar's request, Vaughn will undergo an evaluation for narcotic dependency in the event he is no longer being monitored by a pain management specialist; (2) Vaughn shall pay a monthly probation monitoring fee of fifty dollars to The Florida Bar pursuant to the conditions set forth in the referee's report; and (3) Vaughn shall be supervised by an attorney acceptable to the Bar, who will provide continuous monitoring of Vaughn's client case files. The supervisory attorney will provide quarterly reports to the Bar on the status of client files and will inform the Bar if Vaughn is meeting his deadlines, returning telephone calls, and answering correspondence. The reports shall describe the number of current cases that Vaughn is handling, the nature of the cases and what action was taken on those cases during the quarter. Vaughn is responsible for submitting the quarterly reports to the Bar's headquarters in Tallahassee.
Judgment for costs in the amount of $1,825.59 is entered against Lane Waring Vaughn and in favor of The Florida Bar, 650 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, FL 32399, for which sum let execution issue. Vaughn shall have the period of his probation to complete payment of these costs.
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 reinstatement.
It is so ordered.
ANSTEAD, C.J., WELLS, PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE and CANTERO, JJ., and SHAW, Senior Justice, concur.