| Classification |
Original Proceedings - Florida Bar - Unlicensed Practice of Law
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| Court |
Supreme Court of Florida
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| Originating Court |
Unknown Court
20144089(11B)
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Parties
| Name |
The Florida Bar
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| Role |
Petitioner
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| Status |
Active
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| Representations |
Jacquelyn Plasner Needelman
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| Name |
D/B/A K & A INVESTMENT AND FORECLOSURE SPECIALIST, INC.
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| Role |
Respondent
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| Status |
Active
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| Name |
KENNETH GONZALEZ
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| Role |
Respondent
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| Status |
Active
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| Name |
K & A INVESTMENTS AND FORECLOSURES EXPERTS, CORP.
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| Role |
Respondent
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| Status |
Active
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Docket Entries
| Docket Date |
2016-04-01
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| Type |
Miscellaneous Document
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| Subtype |
UPL-Sheriff/Processor Service
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| Description |
UPL-SHERIFF/PROCESSOR SERVICE ~ OF ORDER DATED 3/21/16, ON RESPONDENT, K & A INVESTMENTS, ETC., ON 3/26/16 @ 6:00 P.M.
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| On Behalf Of |
The Florida Bar
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| View |
View File
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| Docket Date |
2016-03-21
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| Type |
Disposition
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| Subtype |
UPL GR
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| Description |
DISP-UPL GR ~ The Court having issued its Order to Show Cause to respondents and respondents having failed to file a response to said Order to Show Cause,IT IS ORDERED that respondents, Kenneth Gonzalez and K & A Investments and Foreclosures Experts, Corp. d/b/a K & A Investment and Foreclosure Specialist, Inc., are permanently enjoined and restrained from engaging in the acts complained of and from otherwise engaging in the unlicensed practice of law in the State of Florida.Kenneth Gonzalez and K & A Investments and Foreclosures Experts, Corp. d/b/a K & A Investment and Foreclosure Specialist, Inc., shall pay restitution in the amount of $4,088.00 to Miguel Dominguez under the terms and conditions set forth in the petition. Kenneth Gonzalez and K & A Investments and Foreclosures Experts, Corp. d/b/a K & A Investment and Foreclosure Specialist, Inc., shall provide a monthly written report to the UPL Department of The Florida Bar detailing to whom restitution has been made and the amounts paid.Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300, for recovery of costs from Kenneth Gonzalez and K & A Investments and Foreclosures Experts, Corp. d/b/a K & A Investment and Foreclosure Specialist, Inc., in the amount of $1,658.11, for which sum let execution issue.Not final until time expires to file motion for rehearing and, if filed, determined.
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| Docket Date |
2016-03-21
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| Type |
Letter-Case
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| Subtype |
Service of Order by Process Server
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| Description |
LETTER-SERVICE OF ORDER BY PROCESS SERVER ~ FOR SERVICE OF ORDER DATED 3/21/2016, ON RESPONDENTS
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| View |
View File
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| Docket Date |
2016-02-29
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| Type |
Motion
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| Subtype |
Other Substantive
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| Description |
MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ~ FILED AS "THE FLORIDA BAR'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS"
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| On Behalf Of |
The Florida Bar
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| View |
View File
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| Docket Date |
2016-02-17
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| Type |
Miscellaneous Document
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| Subtype |
Affidavit/Statement of Costs
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| Description |
AFFIDAVIT/STATEMENT OF COSTS
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| On Behalf Of |
The Florida Bar
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| View |
View File
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| Docket Date |
2016-02-01
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| Type |
Miscellaneous Document
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| Subtype |
UPL-Sheriff/Processor Service
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| Description |
UPL-SHERIFF/PROCESSOR SERVICE ~ OF ORDER DATED 10/19/2015 ON RESPONDENT, KENNETH GONZALEZ, ON 1/21/2016 @ 3:40 P.M.
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| On Behalf Of |
The Florida Bar
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| View |
View File
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| Docket Date |
2016-01-12
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| Type |
Letter-Case
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| Subtype |
Service of Order by Process Server
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| Description |
LETTER-SERVICE OF ORDER BY PROCESS SERVER ~ FOR SERVICE OF PETITION-UPL AND ORDER DATED 10/19/15, ON RESPONDENTS; Dear Ms. Needelman:The Supreme Court has issued an Order to Show Cause to Kenneth Gonzalezand K & A Investments and Foreclosures Experts, Corp. d/b/a K & A Investmentand Foreclosure Specialist, Inc. In light of the unsuccessful attempt of the DadeCounty Sheriff's Office to serve a copy of the Order along with the petition onrespondents, I am enclosing herewith four copies of the said Order and two copiesof the petition and request that you have a private process server serve one copy ofeach on the respondents. Please execute and return a private process return on theother two copies of said order.Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
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View File
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| Docket Date |
2016-01-11
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| Type |
Miscellaneous Document
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| Subtype |
UPL-Sheriff/Processor Non-Service
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| Description |
UPL-SHERIFF/PROCESSOR NON-SERVICE ~ "UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT"
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| View |
View File
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| Docket Date |
2016-01-11
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| Type |
Letter-Case
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| Subtype |
Letter
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| Description |
LETTER ~ DATED 01/08/2016 - "Dear Mr. Tomasino: Please have the Petition and October 19, 2015 Order To Show Cause reissued and sent to myoffice, so I can obtain a process server to serve the documents on the Respondents, as the Miami-Dade County Sheriff is having difficulty serving the Respondents. Thank you."
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| On Behalf Of |
The Florida Bar
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| View |
View File
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| Docket Date |
2015-12-01
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| Type |
Letter-Case
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| Subtype |
Service of Order by Sheriff
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| Description |
LETTER-SERVICE OF ORDER BY SHERIFF ~ OF ORDER DATED 10/19/2015, ON RESPONDENT(2ND ATTEMPT TO NEW ADDRESS); Dear Sheriff Patterson:The Supreme Court issued on October 19, 2015 an Order to Kenneth Gonzalez and K &A Investments and Foreclosure Experts, Corp. D/B/A K & A Investment and ForeclosureSpecialist, Inc. I am enclosing herewith four copies of the said Order with the requestthat you serve one copy along with the enclosed Petition on Kenneth Gonzalez,individually at 14321 S.W. 88 Street, Apt. F-211, Miami, Florida 33186; and one copyalong with the enclosed Petition on Kenneth Gonzalez as an officer ofK& A Investmentsand Foreclosure Experts, Corp. d/b/a K & A Investment and Foreclosure Specialist, Inc..Please execute and return a sheriffs return on the other copy.
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View File
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| Docket Date |
2015-11-23
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| Type |
Letter-Case
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| Subtype |
Letter
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| Description |
LETTER ~ DATED 11/18/2015 re NON SERVICE OF ORDER; e Mr. Tomasino:Enclosed please find the Sheriff's return of non-service on Mr. Gonzalez and K&A Investmentsand Foreclosure Experts, Corp d/b/a K&A Investment and Foreclosure Specialist, Inc., as well asthe Petitions and Orders you forwarded to them.Please have the Orders reissued to be served on Kenneth Gonzalez, individually, and on behalfof K&A Investments and Foreclosures Experts, Corp d/b/a K&A Investment and ForeclosureSpecialist, Inc at the following address: 14321 S.W. 88 Street, Apt F-211, Miami, Florida33186. You can re-send it to the Miami-Dade County Sheriff for service or you can send it tome and I will obtain a process server to serve the Petition on the Respondents.
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| On Behalf Of |
The Florida Bar
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| View |
View File
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| Docket Date |
2015-10-19
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| Type |
Letter-Case
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| Subtype |
Service of Order by Sheriff
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| Description |
LETTER-SERVICE OF ORDER BY SHERIFF ~ FOR SERVICE OF PETITION-UPL AND ORDER DATED 10/19/15, ON RESPONDENTS; Dear Sheriff Patterson:The Supreme Court has today issued an Order to Show Cause to Kenneth Gonzalezand K & A Investments and Foreclosures Experts, Corp. d/b/a K & A Investment andForeclosure Specialist, Inc. I am enclosing herewith four copies of the said Order withthe request that you serve a copy along with the enclosed Petition on the respondentKenneth Gonzalez, individually, and serve one copy of the Petition and Order onKenneth Gonzalez as an officer of K & A Investments and Foreclosures Experts,Corp. d/b/a K & A Investment and Foreclosure Specialist, Inc., at 9157 S.W. 170Place, Miami Florida 33196. Please execute and return a sheriffs return on the othercopies.Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
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View File
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| Docket Date |
2015-10-19
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| Type |
Order
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| Subtype |
Show Cause (Fla Bar UPL)
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| Description |
ORDER-SHOW CAUSE (FLA BAR UPL) ~ The Florida Bar having filed its Petition Against the Unlicensed Practice of Law charging respondent, Kenneth Gonzalez and K & A Investments and Foreclosures Experts, Corp. d/b/a K & A Investment and Foreclosure Specialist, Inc., with engaging in the unlicensed practice of law in the State of Florida, said respondent shall show cause, if there be any, why it should not be enjoined from the unlicensed practice of law alleged, and further requiring the respondent to file with the Court and serve a copy upon Jacquelyn Plasner Needelman, Branch Unlicensed Practice of Law Counsel, within twenty days after service of the order to show cause a written answer admitting or denying each of the matters set forth in the petition.
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| Docket Date |
2015-10-16
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| Type |
Letter-Case
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| Subtype |
Acknowledgment Letter-New Case
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| Description |
ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER-NEW CASE
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| Docket Date |
2015-10-13
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| Type |
Event
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| Subtype |
No Fee Required
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| Description |
No Fee Required
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| Docket Date |
2015-10-12
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| Type |
Letter-Case
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| Subtype |
Letter
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| Description |
LETTER ~ DATED 10/12/2015 - "Dear Mr. Tomasino: Attached is a Petition Against the Unlicensed Practice of law which names Kenneth Gonzalez and K & A Investments and Foreclosures Experts, Corp. d/b/a K & A Investment and Foreclosure Specialist, Inc., as respondents. Our records indicate respondents' address is 9157 SW 170 Place, Miami, Florida 33196. Please have the Sheriff or an authorized process server serve one copy of the Petition on Kenneth Gonzalez, individually, and serve one copy of the Petition on Kenneth Gonzalez as an officer of K& A Investments and Foreclosure Experts, Corp. d/b/a K & A Investment and Foreclosure Specialist, Inc. Thank you for your assistance in this matter."
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| On Behalf Of |
The Florida Bar
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| View |
View File
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| Docket Date |
2015-10-12
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| Type |
Petition
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| Subtype |
Petition Filed
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| Description |
PETITION-UPL
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| On Behalf Of |
The Florida Bar
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| View |
View File
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| Docket Date |
2015-10-12
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| Type |
Misc. Events
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| Subtype |
Fee Status
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| Description |
NF:No Fee Required
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