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Case Number:  SC04-49  - Closed

THE FLORIDA BAR  vs.  ROLAND RAYMOND ST. LOUIS, JR.

Lower Tribunal Case(s): 2001-00,356(8B)


 Date Docketed
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Notes
01/13/2004 COMPLAINT CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717 (O&1)
01/13/2004 REQUEST-ADMISSIONS CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717 (O&1)
01/13/2004 NOTICE-RELATED CASE(S) CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717 (O&1)
01/21/2004 No Fee Required    
01/22/2004 ORDER-REFEREE APPOINTMENT (DISCIPLINARY)   HON. JOSEPH P. FARINA, C.J., 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
02/02/2004 MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: WE John James Mcguirk 99902 RESPONDENT'S MOTION FOR MORE DEFINATE STATEMENT (O&1); 2/27/04 SENT TO REFEREE
02/09/2004 REFEREE APPOINTED   HON. RONALD DRESNICK, 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
06/22/2004 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (REFEREE'S REPORT) CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717  
06/25/2004 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (REFEREE'S REPORT)    
07/16/2004 RESPONSE   OBJECTION TO SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM FOR DEPOSITION (ROBERT HOGSETTE AND LAKEVILLE NURSERY, INC.) (7/16/04 SENT TO REFEREE)
10/21/2004 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (REFEREE'S REPORT) CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717  
10/22/2004 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (REFEREE'S REPORT)    
01/27/2005 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (REFEREE'S REPORT) CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717 THIRD AGREED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE REPORT OF REFEREE
02/02/2005 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (REFEREE'S REPORT)    
02/04/2005 REFEREES REPORT   WITH DISKETTE; 2/17/05 FILED ORIGINAL PLEADINGS
02/17/2005 AFFIDAVIT/STATEMENT OF COSTS    
03/15/2005 LETTER-FLA BAR (WILL PETITION FOR REVIEW) CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717  
03/23/2005 PETITION-REVIEW CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717  
04/01/2005 PETITION-REVIEW PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 (CROSS) (O&7)
04/13/2005 INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717 O&7, WITH EMAIL
04/25/2005 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS) PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 O&7
05/24/2005 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS)    
05/26/2005 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS) PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280  
05/27/2005 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS)    
06/09/2005 RESPONSE CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717 THE FLORIDA BAR'S REPLY TO MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OF RECORD
06/09/2005 MOTION-COUNS WITHDRAWAL PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: WE John James Mcguirk 99902  
06/10/2005 MAIL RETURNED   ROLAND RAYMOND ST. LOUIS - ORDER DATED MAY 24, 2005 - 6/13/05 REMAILED TO BAR ADDRESS FOR INDIVIDUAL
06/13/2005 MAIL RETURNED   ROLAND RAYMOND ST. LOUIS - ORDER DATED MAY 27, 2005 - 6/14/05 REMAILED TO BAR ADDRESS FOR RESPONDENT
06/14/2005 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS) PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 RESPONDENT ROLAND ST. LOUIS' THIRD MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO FILE AND SERVE BRIEFS (O&7)
06/21/2005 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS) PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 RESPONDENT'S NOTICE OF BELATED RECEIPT OF ORDERS AND RENEWED MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME (O&7)
06/30/2005 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS) PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 (O&7) (FILED AS UNOPPOSED FINAL MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO FILE AND SERVE BRIEFS)
07/05/2005 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS)    
07/07/2005 MOTION-BRIEF PAGE ENLARGEMENT PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 O&7 (RESPONDENT ROLAND ST. LOUIS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEFS IN EXCESS OF PRESCRIBED PAGE LIMITS
07/12/2005 ORDER-COUNS WITHDRAWAL GR    
07/12/2005 RESPONSE CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717 REPLY TO RESPONDENT, ROLAND ST. LOUIS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEFS IN EXCESS OF PRESCRIBED PAGE LIMIT
07/25/2005 ORDER-BRIEF ENLARGEMENT GR   Respondent's Motion for Leave to File Brief in Excess of Prescribed Page Limits is hereby granted and respondent is allowed to and including August 15, 2005, in which to serve the answer brief. ALL OTHER TIMES ARE EXTENDED ACCORDINGLY.
08/15/2005 REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 (O&8)
08/15/2005 INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 (O&7)
08/15/2005 ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 (O&7)
08/15/2005 APPENDIX PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 (CONSISTING OF 2 VOLUMES) (O&7)
08/16/2005 ORDER-BRIEF STRICKEN (NON-COMPLIANCE)   Respondent/Cross-Complainant's Initial Brief and Answer Brief which were filed with this Court on August 15, 2005, are hereby stricken pursuant to Rules Regulating The Florida Bar 3-7.7(c)(3). Respondent/Cross-Complainant is hereby directed, on or before September 6, 2005, to serve an original and seven (7) copies of a combined amended answer/cross-initial brief on the merits which does not exceed sixty-one (61) pages in length. Respondent/Cross-Complainant's Appendices, consisting of two (2) volumes, were received by the Court on August 15, 2005.
09/06/2005 ANSWER/CROSS INITIAL AMD BRIEF-MERITS PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 O&7 W/E-MAIL
10/03/2005 REPLY/CROSS ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717 O&7 W/APPENDIX & E-MAIL
10/28/2005 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (REPLY BRIEF-MERITS) PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 (O&7)
11/01/2005 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (REPLY BRIEF-MERITS)    
11/02/2005 RESPONSE CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717 TO RESPONDENT'S MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO FILE REPLY BRIEF
11/14/2005 REPLY BRIEF-MERITS PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 O&7 W/E-MAIL (CONCLUSION MORE THAN ONE PAGE)
11/23/2005 ORDER-BRIEF STRICKEN (NON-COMPLIANCE)   Respondent/Cross-Complainant's reply brief, which was filed with this Court on November 14, 2005, does not comply with Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.210 and is hereby stricken. Respondent/Cross-Complainant is hereby directed, on or before December 13, 2005, to file an original and seven (7) copies of an amended reply brief which contains a conclusion no longer than one (1) page in length.
12/13/2005 REPLY AMD BRIEF-MERITS PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 O&7 W/E-MAIL
12/13/2005 NOTICE-ADDRESS CHANGE PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 O&7
01/12/2006 ORDER-NO REQ SCHED (MISC)    
04/21/2006 ORDER-OA SCHED   The above case was previously submitted to the Court without oral argument on January 12, 2006. The court has now determined that oral argument should be granted and the above case is scheduled for oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Monday, June 5, 2006. A maximum of ten (10) minutes to the side is allowed, but counsel is expected to use only so much of that time as is necessary. NO CONTINUANCES WILL BE GRANTED EXCEPT UPON A SHOWING OF EXTREME HARDSHIP.
04/28/2006 MOTION-ORAL ARGUMENT RESCHEDULE CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717  
05/12/2006 ORDER-ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR REMOVAL   The Florida Bar's Motion to reschedule Oral Argument is hereby granted and the above case, which was scheduled for oral argument on June 5, 2006, has been removed from the oral argument calendar and will be rescheduled for September.
05/22/2006 ORDER-ORAL ARGUMENT RESCHEDULE   At the direction of the Court, the above case which was scheduled for oral argument on Monday, June 5, 2006, has been rescheduled for oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Monday, September 18, 2006. A maximum of ten (10) minutes to the side is allowed for the argument, but counsel is expected to use only so much of that time as is necessary.
05/22/2006 ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR    
09/18/2006 ORAL ARGUMENT HELD    
05/03/2007 DISP-DISBARMENT (CLOSE OUT)   Accordingly, Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr., is hereby disbarred. The disbarment will be effective thirty days from the filing of this opinion so that St. Louis can close out his practice and protect the interests of existing clients. St. Louis shall accept no new business from the date this opinion is filed until he is readmitted to the practice of law in Florida. Further, St. Louis is required to disgorge $2,277,663, plus interest, to The Florida Bar Clients' Security Fund. Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300, for recovery of costs from Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr., in the amount of $72,218.37, for which sum let execution issue.
05/09/2007 MOTION-REHEARING CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717 (RC) FILED AS MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION (7 COPIES FILED 05/14/07) (06/19/07 AMENDED MOTION FILED O&7)
06/19/2007 MOTION-MOTION AMENDMENT/SUPPLEMENT CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AN AMENDED MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION (O&7)
08/08/2007 ORDER-MOTION AMENDMENT/SUPPLEMENT GR   The Florida Bar's Motion for Leave to File Amended Motion for Clarification is hereby granted.
10/11/2007 DISP-REHEARING GR   (RC) The Florida Bar's Amended Motion for Clarification is hereby granted. Judgment is ordered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-2300, for the amount of $2,277,663.00, plus interest to be calculated from August 12, 1996, from Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr., for which sum let execution issue. The money shall be disgorged to The Florida Bar Clients' Security Fund. It is so ordered.
10/26/2007 MOTION-REHEARING ON MISC ORDER PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 BY: PE Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr. 405280 "MOTION FOR REHEARING AND RECONSIDERATION OF OCTOBER 11, 2007 ORDER GRANTING THE BAR'S AMENDED MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION" (O&7)
11/05/2007 RESPONSE CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717 TO RESPONDENT'S MOTION FOR REHEARING AND RECONSIDERATION (O&7)
03/04/2008 ORDER-REFEREE FOR ADD'L PROCEEDINGS   Respondent's motion for rehearing and reconsideration of this Court's order dated October 11, 2007, is granted, and the above-styled cause is hereby remanded to the referee for further proceedings. Absent an agreement of the parties on the disgorgement amount, the referee shall determine what, if any, taxes were paid for the funds respondent acquired through the prohibited fee. The referee is directed to calculate the amount for disgorgement, reduced by the amount respondent paid in taxes. The referee's recommended total amount for disgorgement shall include interest, which shall be calculated starting from the date the firm received the prohibited funds, August 12, 1996, until May 3, 2007. The referee is allowed to and including May 5, 2008, in which to submit a report and recommendation, consistent with this order, with this Court. Per this Court's Administrative Order In Re: Mandatory Submission of Electronic Copies of Documents, AOSC04-84, dated September 13, 2004, the referee is directed to transmit a copy of the referee's report in an electronic format as required by the provisions of that order.
03/27/2008 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (REFEREE'S REPORT) CO The Florida Bar FB BY: CO James A.G. Davey, Jr. 141717  
04/22/2008 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (REFEREE'S REPORT)    
06/19/2008 REFEREES REPORT   (ON REMAND) W/1 VOLUME OF TRANSCRIPT & E-MAIL
08/22/2008 LETTER-FLA BAR (WILL NOT PETITION FOR REVIEW) Kenneth Lawrence Marvin 200999 BY: Kenneth Lawrence Marvin 200999 DATED 07/28/08
11/03/2008 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE   The uncontested report of the referee on remand, filed with this Court on June 19, 2008, is approved. Judgment is ordered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-2300, for the amount of $2,686,656.60, from Roland Raymond St. Louis, Jr., for which sum let execution issue. The money shall be disgorged to The Florida Bar Clients' Security Fund. It is so ordered.
12/22/2008 ARCHIVES   (5 Boxes)