THE FLORIDA BAR v. FUNDAMENTAL ADMIN. SVCS.

No. SC14-1730.

176 So.3d 1273 (2015)

THE FLORIDA BAR re ADVISORY OPINION-SCHARRER v. FUNDAMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Michael Kolokoff , Chair, Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law, Beighley Myrick & Udell, Miami, FL; Carsandra Denyce Buie , Past Chair , Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law, Tallahassee, FL; John F. Harkness, Jr. , Executive Director, Lori S. Holcomb , Director, Client Protection, and Jeffrey Todd Picker , The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of the Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law; and Steven Mark Berman and Duane Allan Daiker of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Tampa, FL, on behalf of Beth Ann Scharrer and Trans Health Management, Inc., for Petitioners.

Martin Stephen Turner of Broad and Cassel, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of The Doctors Company; Timothy Patrick Chinaris , Nashville, TN; Katherine Eastmoore Giddings and Kristen Marie Fiore of Akerman LLP, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC; Joseph Arnold Corsmeier of the Law Office of Joseph A. Corsmeier PA, Clearwater, FL, on behalf of Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC; Gerald Barnette Cope, Jr. of Akerman LLP, Miami, FL, on behalf of Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC; Christopher Benton Hopkins of McDonald Hopkins LLC, West Palm Beach, FL, on behalf of Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC; Peter Alan Contreras of Brunner Quinn, Columbus, OH, on behalf of Christine Zack ; Amar D. Sarwal , Vice President and Chief Legal Strategist, and Evan P. Schultz , Senior Counsel and Director of Advocacy, Association of Corporate Counsel, Washington, DC; Michael Herman , President, and John J. Price , Advocacy Liaison & Program Chair, Association of Corporate Counsel-North Florida Chapter, Jacksonville, FL; Kelli Joan Cueto , President, and Alan Jockers , Advocacy Chair, Association of Corporate Counsel-South Florida Chapter, Hollywood, FL; S. Todd Merrill , President, and Nicholas Popp , Advocacy Liaison, Association of Corporate Counsel-West Central Florida Chapter, Tampa, FL; Christine Davis Graves and Joseph Hagedorn Lang, Jr. of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of the Florida Chamber of Commerce; Marie Elena Abate and Nate Wesley Strickland of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Florida Insurance Council, American Insurance Association, and National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, for Respondents.


Pursuant to rule 10-9.1 of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar (Bar Rules), and this Court's decision in Goldberg v. Merrill Lynch Credit Corp., 35 So.3d 905 (Fla.2010), Petitioners Beth Ann Scharrer, as the Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of Fundamental Long Term Care, Inc., and Trans Health Management...

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