The Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined eleven attorneys, disbarring two, suspending six, and reprimanding three.
Aram Caldarera Bloom, 10800 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 600, Miami, suspended for three years effective immediately following a December 4 court order. (Admitted to Practice: 2009) Bloom was held in contempt for failing to submit a sworn affidavit pursuant to Rule 3-5.1(h) attesting to notifying clients, opposing counsel and tribunals of his suspension. The three-year suspension is effective immediately as Bloom was previously suspended.
Dawn Marie Calache, 3959 South Nova Road Suite 2, Port Orange, public reprimand by publication, scheduling of a Diversion/Discipline Consultation Service review within 30 days of the court’s order, completion of Ethics School within six months of the court’s order, restitution of legal fees to two former clients within 30 days of the entry of the order, and payment of The Florida Bar’s disciplinary costs. Sanction is effective immediately following a December 23 order. (Admitted to Practice: 2016) Calache expanded her law practice to include immigration services but failed to ensure that immigration clients received sound legal advice and adequate legal services when she failed to supervise her nonlawyer assistant or communicate adequately with her clients. Calache’s nonlawyer assistant accepted legal fees and costs for the purposes of preparing applications for work visas, did not submit the applications and necessary documents to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and in at least one instance, cashed a client’s money order in her own name. Calache attempted to mitigate the harm to clients by retaining another lawyer to review the immigration files and assist the clients with pending matters.
Jason Harrington Clark, P.O. Box 17510, West Palm Beach, public reprimand and Ethics School following a December 18 court order. (Admitted to Practice: 1995) Clark engaged in the unlicensed practice of law in another state. He sent an advertisement letter offering a free consultation to a California-based company regarding an administrative hearing in the state of California. He also sent a letter on behalf of a California-based company to a former company employee regarding an employment dispute containing legal analysis and clearly noted that he was only licensed to practice law in the state of Florida.
James Russell Collins, 100 Southpark Blvd., Suite 100, Saint Augustine, public reprimand by publication and by personal appearance before the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar, attendance at Ethics School, an office procedures and record-keeping analysis by The Florida Bar’s Diversion/Discipline Consultation Service, and payment of The Florida Bar’s costs. Sanction is effective immediately following a November 26 court order. (Admitted to Practice: 2008) Collins failed to provide his clients with competent representation and adequate communication. Collins abandoned a breach of contract claim that was the only basis for an award of attorney fees and did so without consulting his clients. He also failed to communicate with his clients after trial and, as a result, was unaware that the court had entered a final judgment in favor of his clients a Bar grievance was filed. Additionally, he failed to notify and withheld the check issued to satisfy the judgment for several months.
Robert Michael Fojo, 12 Sutherland Way, Nashua, NH, disbarred effective 30 days following a November 26 court order. (Admitted to Practice: 2005) This is a reciprocal discipline case from New Hampshire which involved trust account improprieties, including misappropriation of client funds and failure to maintain a trust account. Fojo entered into a disciplinary resignation in New Hampshire.
Joseph Anthony Gasparro, P.O. Box 350196, Jacksonville, suspended until further order of the Supreme Court of Florida, effective 30 days following a December 12 court order. (Admitted to Practice: 2015) Gasparro has multiple complaints alleging negligence, lack of communication, and lack of progress in cases. Gasparro failed to respond to the complaints and to an Order to Show Cause issued by the Supreme Court of Florida.
Augustus Sol Invictus, 424 E. Central Blvd., #731, Orlando, suspended due to felony conviction effective 30 days from October 22 order. (Admitted to Practice: 2012) Invictus was found guilty after a jury trial in Virginia on October 11, 2024, of burning an object on property of another or a highway or other public place with intent to intimidate, a Class 6 felony. Invictus was sentenced on March 3, 2025, to five years of incarceration with the Virginia Department of Corrections, with all but nine months and two weeks suspended.
Lisa Jacobs, 20401 NE 30th Ave., Apt. 318, Aventura, disbarred effective immediately following a December 15 court order. (Admitted to Practice: 1999) Jacobs was held in contempt and disbarred for failing to submit an affidavit pursuant to Rule 3-5.1(h) certifying that she had notified all clients, opposing counsel, and tribunals of her suspension. The disbarment is effective immediately as she was previously suspended.
John Arthur Leklem, 3507 Neptune Dr., Orlando, suspended for 90 days effective 30 days following a November 14 court order. (Admitted to Practice: 1976) Leklem was held in contempt of the court’s order dated May 9, 2024, for failing to comply terms and conditions of sanction order that included the completion of an office procedures and record keeping analysis by and under the direction of the Discipline/Diversion Consultation Service (DDCS) of The Florida Bar.
Emelike Nwosuocha, 14265 SW 181st Ter., Miami, suspended for three years effective immediately following a December 11 court order. (Admitted to Practice: 2008) Nwosuocha was held in contempt for failing to submit an affidavit pursuant to Rule 3-5.1(h) certifying that he had notified all clients, opposing counsel, and tribunals of his suspension. The three-year suspension is effective immediately as Nwosuocha was previously suspended.
Teresa Schiele Roper, 116 N. Park Ave., Apopka, suspended due to a felony conviction, 30 days following a November 21 court order. (Admitted to Practice: 1990) Roper was arrested on October 5, 2024, and was charged by Information with Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer, a third-degree felony, on January 21, 2025. On October 24, 2025, the court entered its judgment finding her guilty of Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer, a third-degree felony, and withheld adjudication.
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