From earlier this year – A grievance committee finding is similar to a grand jury finding, said Ken Marvin, director of lawyer regulation for the Florida Bar.
The next step is for the Bar to file a formal complaint with the Florida Supreme Court, which typically assigns the case to a circuit court chief judge, who then assigns it to a circuit judge who will act as a referee in the case. Marvin said the Supreme Court likes to see a case resolved within six months, but that with 17 findings against Stern, his case could take longer.
Palm Beach Post-
The Florida Bar filed a formal complaint Wednesday against Florida foreclosure baron David J. Stern, whose massive law firm collapsed in 2011 amid allegations that it mishandled the cases of the nation’s largest mortgage holders by filing forged and fraudulent court documents.