IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE ANSWER BRIEF. THE STANDING COMMITTEE on the Unlicensed Practice of Law of The

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1 Electronically Filed 07/10/ :15:41 AM ET RECEIVED, 7/10/ :18:33, Thomas D. Hall, Clerk, Supreme Court IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA THE FLORIDA BAR RE: ADVISORY OPINION - ACTIVITIES OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGERS / CASE NO. SC MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE ANSWER BRIEF THE STANDING COMMITTEE on the Unlicensed Practice of Law of The Florida Bar, through undersigned counsel, hereby moves this honorable Court for a fifteen (15) day extension of time to file an answer brief to the briefs and responses filed in this matter. As grounds, the Standing Committee states as follows: 1. The Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law filed its proposed advisory opinion with the Court on May 15, The Court issued an Amended Order on May 28, 2013 giving the petitioner, the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar as well as any interested parties until June 14, 2013 to file a brief or response to the proposed advisory opinion. The order directed the Standing Committee to file a brief in response to any briefs and responses filed by July 8, On June 7, 2013, the petitioner filed a motion for enlargement of time until July 15, 2013 to file its brief in response to the proposed advisory opinion. 4. On June 13, 2013, The Continental Group, Inc., Associations, Inc., and CEOMC Florida, Inc., filed its brief in response to the proposed advisory

2 opinion. 5. On June 13, 2013, Mark R. Benson filed his response to the proposed advisory opinion. 6. On June 14, 2013, Community Associations Institute filed its brief in response to the proposed advisory opinion. 7. On June 14, 2013, Terra Management Services, Inc. filed its brief in response to the proposed advisory opinion. 8. On June 20, 2013, Association Financial Services, L.C., filed its brief in response to the proposed advisory opinion and its motion to submit brief as timely filed. 9. On July 3, 2013, the Court granted the petitioner s motion for enlargement of time, granting the petitioner an extension to July 15, 2013 to file its brief in response to the proposed advisory opinion. The Court gave the Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law until July 30, 2013, to file its brief in response to all the briefs and responses filed. 10. Because of the number of briefs and responses filed, the Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law is requesting a 15 day extension, or until August 14, 2013, to file its brief in response to all briefs and responses filed. 11. Movant s counsel has consulted opposing counsels and opposing counsels have no objection to this requested extension of time. Movant s counsel

3 called Steve Caballero to consult regarding this motion but Mr. Caballero has not called movant s counsel back. The Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law of The Florida Bar requests that this Court issue an order extending the date for it to file its brief in response to all briefs and responses filed to and until August 14, Respectfully Submitted, /s/ Jeffrey T. Picker Jeffrey T. Picker Fla. Bar No Lori S. Holcomb Fla. Bar No The Florida Bar 651 East Jefferson Street Tallahassee, Florida (850) Primary jpicker@flabar.org Secondary upl@flabar.org CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of the foregoing Motion for Extension of Time to File Answer Brief has been furnished by to the following individuals, on this 10th day of July, 2013: Ms. Margaret A. Rolando, Chair Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Ste Miami, Florida (305) mrolando@shutts.com Jennifer A. Winegardner The Chase Law Firm

4 1535 Killearn Center Blvd., A1 Tallahassee, Florida (850) Mauri Peyton PeytonBolin, PL 4758 W. Commercial Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, Florida (954) Primary: Secondary: David M. Felice Terra Law Firm, P.A Ehrlich Road, Ste. 105 Tampa, Florida (813) Jeffrey M. Oshinsky Association Financial Services, L.C Biscayne Blvd., Ste. 550 Miami, Florida (305) Mark R. Benson 4471 Harbortown Lane Fort Myers, Florida (239) and by mail to: Steve Caballero 2945 W. Cypress Creek Road, Ste. 201 Fort Lauderdale, Florida (800) /s/ Jeffrey T. Picker

5 Jeffrey T. Picker Fla. Bar No The Florida Bar 651 East Jefferson Street Tallahassee, Florida (850) Primary: Secondary: