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Mr. Alberto Pimentel
Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, Inc.
1111 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 106 RE: Please reject Ricky Polston as the next
Monterey Park, CA 91754 President of Florida State University
Dear Mr. Pimentel:
This is an addendum to my letter yesterday August 28, 2014, and for my affiliation with FSU.
In 2002 I was part of a litigation settlement agreement that resulted in a $250,000 cash payment
to the Florida State University College of Law. A copy of the $250,000 check #5132 from ACE
Cash Express, Inc. to FSU College of Law dated December 19, 2002 is enclosed. The Florida
Department of Banking and Finance also received $250,000 from the $500.000 total settlement.
Enclosed is a 14 page Settlement Agreement in DBF Case No. 9177-F-9/02, between the
Department of Banking and Finance, the Attorney General, and Ace Cash Express, Inc.
My name appears on page one as part of the first case:
Eugene R. Clement and Neil Gillespie and State of Florida, Office of the Attorney
General, Department of Legal Affairs vs. ACE Cash Express, Inc., Alternative Financial,
Inc., JS of the Treasure Cast, Inc., Raymond C. Hemmig, Donald H. Neustadt, Kay D.
Zilliox, Ronald J. Schmitt, and unknown entities and individuals, Consolidated Case No.
99-09730, in the Circuit Court for the Thirteenth J udicial District of Florida (the
Clement case);
Ace Cash Express, Inc. is a payday loan company. Payday loans are delayed deposit check
cashing schemes that result in usurious rates of interest for consumers. I got involved with
payday lenders while trying to self-fund my vocational rehabilitation, after the Florida Dept. of
Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) determined that I was too disabled to benefit from services.
In December 1999 I was referred to a Tampa law firm, Alpert, Barker, Rodems, Ferrentino &
Cook, P.A. (the Alpert firm) for usurious payday loans I could no longer pay. The Alpert firm
brought a case against ACE in my name, and I later intervened in the Amscot case on a promise
of assistance with DVR. After the Alpert firm closed, Barker, Rodems & Cook represented me.
And I successfully settled two of the payday loan claims myself without litigation.
Neil Gillespie v. ACE Cash Express, Inc., case no. 8:00-CV-723-T-23B, in United States
District Court, Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. (consolidated with Clement)
Eugene R. Clement v. AMSCOT Corporation, case no. 99-2795-CIV-T-26C, United
States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. (intervened)
Details of the foregoing are set forth in Plaintiffs First Amended Complaint, 05-CA-7205,
Hillsborough County Florida, Gillespie v. Barker, Rodems & Cook, PA et al., posted on Scribd,
http://www.scribd.com/doc/55956605/Plaintiffs-First-Amended-Complaint
Mr. Alberto Pimentel August 29, 2014
Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, Inc. Page - 2
On May 10, 2010 I wrote Dean Weidner, the Alumni Centennial Professor for the USF College
of Law, and unsuccessfully requested his assistance and a referral. (copy enclosed).
Dean Weidner replied by letter May 26, 2010. (copy enclosed).
Dear Mr. Gillespie:
Thank you for your letter of May 10, 2010. I am sorry to hear that your experiences with
the legal system have been so frustrating. You are right in your statement that law
schools rarely represent clients. I would like to make a referral, but no one comes to
mind.
I am also sorry that the Florida Bar's Lawyer Referral Service has not produced a
satisfactory result. Perhaps the best thing is to consult a trusted lawyer in your
community who might recommend a lawyer who specializes in the area.
I wish you the best of luck.
In 2007 I contacted to no avail Assistant U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg, who in 2002 was a
Florida Assistant Attorney General involved in the Settlement Agreement that resulted in a
$250,000 cash payment to FSU Law. My correspondence with AUSA Handberg is enclosed.
Robert Craig Waters, author of J udicial Immunity vs. Due Process: When Should A J udge Be
Subject to Suit? Cato Journal, Vol.7, No.2 (Fall 1987), may still be employed with the Florida
Supreme Court as Executive Assistance to the Chief J ustice. (LexisNexis, enclosed).
Craig Waters is the public information officer and communications counsel for the Florida
Supreme Court. (Wikipedia, enclosed).
Documents in Petition No. 12-7747 are on Scribd, and on CD-ROM upon request.
http://www.scribd.com/collections/3796666/Petition-No-12-7747-SCOTUS
A second petition was filed Oct-23-2013 for my HECM reverse mortgage foreclosure, 13-7280.
http://www.scribd.com/collections/4304980/SCOTUS-Petition-No-13-7280
I have a blog, http://nosueorg.blogspot.com/ and a legacy website, http://www.nosue.org/
Please contact me by email if you have further questions. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Neil J . Gillespie
8092 SW 115th Loop Telephone: 352-854-7807
Ocala, Florida 34481 Email: neilgillespie@mfi.net Enclosures
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Dear Mr. Gillespie:
Thank you for your letter of May 10, 2010. I am sorry to hear that your
experiences with the legal system have been so frustrating. You are right in your
statement that law schools rarely represent clients. I would like to make a
referral, but no one comes to mind.
I am also sorry that the Florida Bar's Lawyer Referral Service has not
produced a satisfactory result. Perhaps the best thing is to consult a trusted
lawyer in your community who might recommend a lawyer who specializes in the
area.
I wish you the best of luck.
Sincerely,
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Telephone: (352) 854-7807
email: neilgillespie@mfi.net
May 10,2010
Mr. Don Weidner
Dean and Alumni Centennial Professor
Florida State University College of Law
425 West Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1601
Dear Mr. Weidner,
Some time ago the Florida State University College of Law received a payment of
$250,000 as part of a settlement reached by the Attorney General in consumer litigation
with ACE Cash Express over its so-called payday loan business. I was part of that
litigation. The AG intervened in my proposed class-action lawsuit against ACE.
ACE Cash Express was one oftwo proposed class-action lawsuits where I was a lead
plaintiff. The other was a similar action against AMSCOT Corporation. Both lawsuits
made claims under the federal Truth In Lending Act (TILA), and claims under state law
for usury and violations of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
Both lawsuits were litigated concurrently by Barker, Rodems & Cook, PA, and are
intertwined from my perspective. During the course of litigation it became apparent that
the fIrm stopped representing my interest. Later I found evidence of fraud in the
settlement ofthe AMSCOT case. I contacted the Florida Bar, and through the Attorney
Consumer Assistance Program (ACAP), contacted my former lawyers to resolve the
matter. That only escalated the dispute when my former lawyers accused me of extortion
for my good-faith effort through ACAP. So I commenced a lawsuit which is now entering
its fIfth year. Enclosed is Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint.
I am seeking assistance with this matter. While law schools rarely represent clients,
perhaps you could make a referral. For a time I was represented by attorney Robert W.
Bauer on an hourly basis. He was a referral from the Florida Bar's Lawyer Referral
Service. Mr. Bauer's representation was not effective, other than churning $33,000 in
attorney's fees.
Mr. Don Weidner Page - 2
Dean and Alumni Centennial Professor May 10,2010
Florida State University College of Law
Subsequently Barker, Rodems & Cook, PA launched an effort to undermine the judicial
selection process of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Mr. Rodems applied to become a
judge and Mr. Barker applied to serve on the JNC to which Rodems later applied. The
matter is currently under investigation by the Governor's Chief Inspector General.
Had I realized the extent of scandal in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit I would not have
brought a suit in that venue. The circuit is a mockery ofjustice. It is part of a larger failure
ofthe justice system in Florida and beyond. For more information see my web site,
http://yousue.org/.
Thank you for considering my request.
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Neil J. Gillespie
8092 SW 115
th
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Ocala, Florida34481
Re: YourJuly6, 2007letter
DearMr. Gillespie:
Thisis in responsetoyourJuly6, 2007letter. Asyou know, Iam nolongerwith
the FloridaAttorneyGeneral'sOffice. Ileftthatofficeattheend of2002, and Ihave
had no professionaldealingswithAceCash oranyofthe paydayloancasessincemy
departure. Forthatreason and others, IdonotbelievethatIamtheappropriateperson
towhomyourlettershould be directed. Asafederal prosecutor, Iam primarily
responsibleforprosecutingviolationsoffederal lawthatareinvestigated bylaw
enforcement. Yourrequestforan investigationneedsto bedirectedtoan investigating
agency.
Ihaveenclosedthematerialsthatyou sentme.
Sincerely,
JAMES R. KLINDT

By:
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Neil J. Gillespie
8092SW115
th
Loop
Ocala,FL 34481
Telephone:(352)854-7807
email:neilgillespie@mfi.net RECEIVED
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July6, 2007
MIDDLE DISTRICT at=: FLORIDA
ORLANDO
RogerB. Handberg,Assista
US AttorneyOffice
501 W. ChurchStreet, Suite
Orlando,FL32805-2281
ntUS Attorney
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DearMr. Handberg,
Sometimeago,inyourpositionwiththeFloridaAttorneyGeneral,youroffice
intervenedinalawsuitwhereIwasaplaintiffina"paydayloan"lawsuit,Neil Gillespie
v. ACE Cash Express, Inc., caseno. 8:00-CV-723-T-23B,inUnitedStatesDistrictCourt,
MiddleDistrictofFlorida,TampaDivision. ImetyouduringamediationJune 12,2002,
attheofficeof GasperJ. Ficarrotta. JustpriortothemediationIcalledACE'scounsel,
PaulWatson,tocomplainaboutmyownlawyers' behaviorandtotrytosettlemy
involvementinthelawsuit. Iamwritingyouaboutthecrimesof myformerlawyers.
MylawyerwasWilliamJ. Cookof Barker,Rodems& Cook,P.A. Mr. Cook
beganrepresentingmewhilehewaswiththefirmAlpert,Barker,Rodems,Ferrentino&
Cook,P.A. Mr. CookalsorepresentedmeinanotherpaydayloancaseagainstAmscot
Corporation. ThatcasesettledOctober30,2001,andIsuspectedthatmylawyers
defraudedmeduringthesettlement,butIcouldnotproveitatthetime. Forexample,
Amscot'slawyer,JohnAnthony,initiallyofferedMr. Cooka$5,000.00"improperpayoff
attempt"tosettlethecase. ShortlythereafterMr. Cooktoldmethathehadreceiveda
$50,000.00court-awardforcostsandattorneys'fees, andthatthisawardtookprecedent
overourcontingentfeeagreement,therebylimitingmyrecovery.
In2003 IlearnedthatMr. Cookdidnotreceive$50,000.00incourt-awardedcosts
andattorneys' fees, andthatMr. Cookdefraudedme. IcontactedTheFloridaBar,but
myformerlawyersaccusedmeofextortionforutilizingBar'sAttorney Consumer
Assistance Program (ACAP)inagood-faithefforttoresolvemydisputewithout
litigation. In2005 Isuedmyformerlawyersforfraudandbreachofcontract,andthey
countersuedmeforlibeloveraletteraboutthebarcomplaint.
InitiallyIproceededprosebecauseIcouldnotfindalawyerwillingtolitigate
againstmyformerlawyers,inpartbecauseof theirreputation,whichIlaterlearned
Roger B. Handberg, s ~ n t US Attorney
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July 6,2007
includes Mr. Alpert throwing coffee in the face of opposing counsel during a mediation.
Nonetheless I prevailed on Mr. Cook's motion to dismiss and Judge Nielsen found I
stated a cause of action for fraud and breach of contract. Ryan Rodems is representing
Mr. Cook and the firm, and shortly thereafter he filed a false affidavit about a threat of
violence. A voice recording of the conversation later proved Mr. Rodems lied,
committed perjury, and Judge Nielsen recused himself. The antics continued with Judge
Isom, and she recused herself. Now Judge Barton has the case. In April, 2007 I found a
lawyer in Gainesville willing to take the case, Robert W. Bauer, but the case has been
damaged due to Mr. Rodems perjury and obstruction ofjustice.
My former lawyers are incompetent, not just because they failed to prevail in any
of the payday loan claims, but because of the coffee-throwing and other antics. In my
view these lawyers are little more than criminals with law degrees. Their behavior is
outrageous, and certainly more grievous than that of the payday lenders they sued.
I am writing you today about the criminal fraud by my former lawyers. Also, I am
complaining about Mr. Rodems' perjury, obstruction ofjustice, and his threats of
criminal prosecution issued to me during the course of litigation. The local state attorney,
Mark Ober, has not responded to my correspondence.
Enclosed you will find Plaintiffs Motion for Punitive Damages Pursuant to
Section 768.72 Florida Statues, with supporting exhibits 1 through 50. I believe this
document sets forth the facts needed to assist with your evaluation of my request. Also
enclosed is an amicus curiae brief in the Illinois case of Cripe v. Leiter. Amicus HALT
argued that over-billing a client is not part of the practice oflaw, and that lawyers are
subject to statutory consumer protection law in dealing with their clients.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Neil J. Gillespie
8092 SW 115
1h
Loop
Ocala,FL34481
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RogerB. Handberg,AssistantUS Attorney
US AttorneyOffice
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DearMr. Handberg,
ThankyouforyourletterofAugust 1, 2007. Afterreadingyourresponse,Iam
confusedwhenyoudirectedmetoaninvestigatingagencyforaninvestigationofmy
former lawyers'criminalconduct. Inmy lettertoyouofJuly6, 2007,IwrotethatI
contactedthelocal StateAttorney,MarkOber,butthathedidnotrespondtomy
correspondence. IalsoprovidedyoucopiesofmyletterstoMr. Oberasexhibitsto
PlaintiffsMotionforPunitiveDamagesPursuanttoSection768.72FloridaStatues,
specificallythreelettersgroupedasexhibitnumber47,lettersdatedMarch7
th
, 16
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24
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,2006. Inaddition,IwroteMr. OberonJuly 15,2006requestingareplytomy
correspondence,buthedidnotrespond. Isn'tMr. Ober,theStateAttorneyforthe
ThirteenthJudicialCircuit,theproperinvestigatingagency? Ifnot,whois?
ItakeMr. Ober'sfailureto replyoracknowledgemycorrespondenceasevidence
ofhistacitapprovalofmyformerlawyers' wrongdoing. TheStateAttorney'sfailure
deniedmycivilrightstoequalprotectionunderlaw,therightto dueprocess,protection
fromwitnessintimidationand/ortampering,andobstructionofjustice.
Icontactedyoubecauseasafederal prosecutor,youareresponsiblefor
prosecutingviolationsoffederal law. InthisinstancetheStateAttorneyhasdeniedmy
civilrights. Citizenshavefederal civilrightsthatparalleltheirstatecivilrights,and
historicallywhenthestatefailsto upholdacitizen'scivilrights,theU.SDepartmentof
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ACEAMERICA'SCASHEXPRESS, DBF CASE NO.: 9177-F-9/02
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SETILEMENTAGREEMENT
TheFloridaDepartmentofBankingand Finance, Division ofSecuritiesandFinance
("DBF"),theOfficeoftheAttorneyGeneral (UAttorneyGeneral")and ACECash Express, Inc.
d/b/aACEAmerica'sCashExpress("Respondent"or"ACE")agreeas follows:
1. JURISDICTION. OBFis charged\vith the administrationofChapter516, 560,
and 687,Florida andtheAttorneyGeneral ischarged\viththeadministrationof

Chapters501, 559,687, 895" and 896, FloridaStatutes. Thisagreementapplies toFlorida
transactionsonly.
2. BACKGROUND.
AttorneyGeneral
a. TheAttorneyGeneral movedtointerveneas plaintiffintwo civil cases
thatwerependingagainst contendingthatACEhad violated Chapters501,
516, 559, 687, 895, and 896, FloridaStatutes, in connection withdeferred
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depositcheckcashingservices.providedby ACE in Floridapriorto ApriL.2000.
Thosecasesare: Eugene aJld Neil Gille.. \pie alld .. ofFlorida,
Office qfthe Atlorlley Gellert,l, Depllrtnlent ofLegal Affairs liS. ACE Cash
Express. IIIC., Allerilative FinclJlcia/, IIIC ofthe Treas11re Il1e., Raymond
c. Henln1ig, DOllold H. Neusll1dl. Kll)' I). Zilliox, J. Schmitt, and unknowl1
FINAL
entities Gnd individuals, No. 9909730, in the Circuit Court for
the Thirteenth Judicial District of Florida (the "Clement" case); and Betls v. Ace
Cash 927 So.2d 294 (Fla. 5
th
DCA 2002), (the "Betts" case). DBF was
not a named party in either case.
b. ACE and the other defendants disagreed with the claims made by the
Plaintiffs and the Attorney General in each of those cases.
c. The Attorney General's Inotion to intervene in the Betts case was denied.
d. In the Clement case, the individual Plaintiffs' clailns were dismissed with
prejudice, leaving the Attorney General as the sole Plaintiff. The Attorney
General's RICO claims were dislnissed with prejudice and are subject ofa
pending appeal before the Second District Coul1 of AppeaJ ofFlorida styled ..')tate
ofFlorida, Qffice ofthe AI/oriley General v. Zilliox, Case No. 2002-2340
(consolidated with Case No. 2002-3] 13). All of the claims asserted bythe
Attorney General in' the Clement case are to be settled pursuant to this
Agreement, with the Attorney General voluntarily dismissing their claims.
e. ACE 'and the individual defendants have denied and continue to deny that
they engaged in any wrongdoing., and this Agreement shall not constitute any
adlnission of any wrongdoing or liability on the part of ACE or any of the
individual defendants.
f. The, Attorney General and ACE wish to avoid the time and expense
involved, in further litigation.
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Department of Banking and Finance
g. Goleta National Bank, a national bank located in Goleta, California
("Goleta"), has offered loans to residents of Florida since April 2000. ACE has
provided agency services to Goleta related to those loans in Florida. On October
25 and 28, 2002. ACE and Goleta entered into separate consent orders with the
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States ("OCC"), pursuant
to which Goleta agreed, among other things, to generally cease the origination,
renewal and rollover of its loans in Florida and ACE agreed, among other things,
to generally cease providing services to Goleta related to the origination, renewal
and rollover of such Goleta loans, both by no later than December 31, 2002.
Goleta, ACE and the OC..c agreed that the loans provided by Goleta and serviced
by ACE were made pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 85 and that the interest rate charged
by Goleta was permissible under the laws of the United States for national banks
located in the State of California. DBF was not a party to the agreement between
Goleta, ACE, and the OCC..
h. ACE also offers a bill paying service through which it offers to accept or
receive voluntary utility payments from its Florida customers and, for a fee,
electronically transmit the payment to the utility. The DBF has informed ACE
that to offer this service, ACE should be licensed as a Funds Transmitter under
Part II, Chapter 560, Florida Statutes. ACE disagrees with the position taken by
the DBF, but, to avoid the expense and uncertainty of litigation. ACE agreed to
file, and has pending with OBF. an application to act as a Funds Transmitter
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underPartII.. Chapter560,FloridaStatutes. TheDBFwill issuethatlicense, as
well asthelicenseauthorizingACE toactasaDeferredPresentmentProvider
underPartIV, Chapter560,FloridaStatutes,onorbeforethe effectivedateofthis
Agreement. Aceagreesthatfuturetransactions involvingthetransmissionof
funds will begovernedbytheprovisionsofPart II, Chapter560, FloridaStatutes,
and ACE will complywiththoseprovisions in all futuretransactions.
i. ACE is licensedwith DBFas aCheck Casherunder PartIII, Chapter560,
FloridaStatutes.
PurooseandIntent
J. Thepartieswishtoresolveand to releaseanyclailnsthatwere asserted,or
could havebeenasserted,orcouldbeasserted, becauseoforarising from the
investigation,litigation,pr regulatoryreviewconductedbythe DBV orthe
AttorneyGeneral.
k. TheDBFagreesthatACEhas fullycooperatedwith itin this matter.
I. Itis theintentofthepartiesthatthisagreementbeimplementedpromptly,
and withoutinjuryorinconvenienceto ACE customers.
m. Itis.theintentofthepartiesthatOBF issueorrenewany authorizationor
licensenecessaryforACEto toofferservicesin Florida, including
deferredpresentmenttransactions.. checkcashing, bill paying
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debitcard
transactions, money wiretransfersand otherproductsthatareauthorized
underFloridalaw.
n. It'istheintentofthepartiesthatthisagreementbeimplementedwithout
causingcompetitivedisadvantageto ACE..
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3. CONSIDERATION. ACE, the DSF, and the Attorney General agree as follows:
8. ACE will cease providing agent services to Goleta in connection with the
origination,:'-enewal, or rollover of any Goleta loans in the State of Florida by
December 31, 2002. ACE may, howevef, continue to provide services to Goleta
related to the servicing and collection of Goleta loans originated, renewed, or
rolled overin the State of Florida before January 1, subject to paragraph
3(g) below.
b. ACE has applied fOf.. and DBF agrees to issue upon the issuance of the
final order contelnplated by this agreelnent, a license with an effective date of
December 30, 2002, authorizing ACE to act as a Deferred Presentment Provider
under Part IV, Chapter Florida Statutes. ACE agr,ees not to enter into any
deferred presentment trapsactions in Florida unless such deferred presentment
transactions are completed in accordance with Part IV-, Chapter 560, Florida
Statutes. DBF agrees that ACE may act as a Deferred Presentment Provider under
Part IV, Chapter 560.. Florida Statutes, and as a Funds Transmitter under Part II,
Chapter 560, Florida Statutes, between December 30, 2002 and the issuance of
the final' order, provided that all such funds transmission .and .deferred presentment
transactions engaged in during this tilne period are otherwise completed in
accordance with Part II, Chapter 560, Florida Statutes, and Part IV, Chapter 560,
Florida Statutes. OBF agrees that this is consistent with the public interest and
will not constitute a violation of this Agreement or any applicable law, including
but not limited t0
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501 .. 516,559,560,687,895 and 896, Florida
Statutes, or an Rules related to those statutes.
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c. ACE represents and warrants that it has obtained the consent of Goleta so
that no Goleta loans entered into before 'the effective date of this Agreement will
be extendect (except for the custolners' five-day extension options that are part of
the terms ofoutstanding loans) or converted, without full payment by the Goleta
loan customers, to any other type of transaction. Where applicable., ACE agrees
that it will not otler deferred presentlnent services to a Goleta loan customer
unless that customer's Goleta loan is or cancelled in accordance with
paragraph 3(g)-below. DBF agrees that the continued services provided under
the Goleta loan prograln authorized by this and by paragraph 3(a)
above are consistent with the public interest and will not constitute a violation of
this Agreement or any applicable including but not lilnited to, Chapters 501,
516.. 559, 560, 687, 8951lnd 896, Florida Statutes., or any Rules related to those
statutes.
d. DBF agrees to issue to ACE licenses pursuant to Part II, Chapter 560,
Florida Statutes, and Part IV, Chapter 560, Florida Statutes, with an effective date
of December 30, 2002 upon the issuance of the final order contemplated in this
Agreement. ACE and the DSF agree that, until the issuance of the final
contemplated in this. agreement.. ACE will continue to offer its bill paying service
in order to avoid injury to those customers who rely on that service. DBF and the
Attorney General agree that continuing to offer that service is consistent with the
public interest and will not constitute a violation of this Agreement or any
applicable law, including but not limited to, Chapters 501 .. 516, 559, 560, 687,
895, and 896.. Florida Statutes, or any Rules related to those statutes.
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e. DBF acknowledges that no additional in.formation is needed from ACE for
it to issue the Ijcenses contemplated by this Agreement..
f: ACe agrees to paya total of $500,000 in settlement and for issuance by
DBF of authorizations, licenses, or other approvals necessary for ACE to continue
in business in Florida, and for the releases in paragraphs 7 and 8 below. Of the
$500.000 total settlelnent, ACE has agreed to pay $250,000 to the DBF
Regulatory Trust Fund in full satisfaction of all attorney's fees, costs, and other
expenses incurred by the DBF in connection with this matter and, ACE has agreed
to deliver to the Attorney General, a contribution of$250,000 to the Florida State
University College of Law in full satisfaction of all attorney's fees, costs and
other expenses incurred by the Attorney General in connection with this matter.
These amounts will be p ~ by check, and will be delivered to the DBF or the
Attorney General upon entry of the Final Order as provided for herein.
g. ACE represents and warrants that it has obtained the consent of Goleta so
that loans that are delinquent as of October I,2002. and remain unpaid as of the
effective date of this agreement, from customers who engaged in Goleta loan
transactions commenced or originated before October I, 2002 in Florida
(collectively" the "Goleta Loan Custonlers") need not be repaid,. and the debt
owed to Goleta from Goleta Loan Customers will be cancelled.
h. If Goleta, either directly or through ACE, its agent,. .has notified a credit-
reporting agency ofa Goleta Loan Customer's delinquent debt to Goleta, then
ACE represents and warrants that it has obtained the consent of Goleta for ACE to
notify the credit agency that the delinquent amount has been cancelled. .
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I. In addition to the amount specified in paragraph 3(f) above, ACE will pay
up to $15,000 for an independent audit of the loan cancellations provided in
paragraph above, the credit reporting notifications provided in paragraph 3
(h) above, and verification of compliance with the transition from the Goleta loan
product to the state licensed product contemplated in paragraph 3(b) and 3(c)
above. DBF will select the independent auditor, after consultation with ACE.
The independent auditor selected will be required to report to the DBF within 90
days of the selection.
j. The entry ofa Final Order by OBF in the form of the Attachment to this
agreement.
k. Within 10 days after the entry of the final order contemplated herein, the
Attorney General will with prejudice its lawsuit, Eugene R. Clement alld
Neil Gillespie and State ofFlorida. qffice ofthe Attorney General, Department of
Legal Affairs vs. ACE Cash Express, IIlC., Altemative Financial, Inc., JS ofthe .
Treasure Coast, blc.,.Raymond C. Hemmig, DOllald H. Neustadt, Kay D. Zil/iox,
RonaldJ. Schmitt, alld unknown emilies and Consolidated Case No.
9909730, in the Circuit Court for the Thirteenth Judicial District of Florida, as to
all defendants.
1. Within 10 days after the entry of the final order contemplated in 30)
above, the Attorney General will dismiss with prejudice its appeal ofany orders in
the Clement case..litigation. including State ofFlorida, Office ofthe Attorney
General v. Zi//iox, Case No. 2002-2240 and Slale ofFlorida, Office ofthe
Attomey Gener,,1 1'. AItematil;e FiflCI/lc:i"t, /flC., Case No. 2002-3113.
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4. CONSENT. Without adlnitting or denying any wrongdoing, Respondent
consents to the issuance by the DBF ofa Final Order, in substantially the form of the attached
Final Order, which the terms of this Agreelnent.
5. FINAL ORDER. The Final Order incorporating this Agreelnent is issued
pursuant to Subsection 120.57(4),. Florida Statutes, and upon its issuance shall be a final
administrative order.
6. WAIVERS. Respondent knowingly and voluntarily waives:
a. its right to an adlninistrative hearing provided for by Chapter 120, Florida
Statutes,. to contest the specific agreements included in this Agreement;
b. any requirelnent that the Final Order incorporating this Agreenlent contain
separately stated Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law or Notice of Rights;
c. its right to the isslJance ofa Recommended Order by an administrative law
judge froln the Division of Adlninistrative Hearings or froln the DBF;
d. any and all rights to object to or challenge in any judicial proceeding,
including but not limited to, an appeal pursuant to Section 120.68.. Florida
Statutes, any aspect, provision or requirement concerning the content, issuance,
procedure or timeliness of the Final Order incorporating this Agreement; and
e. any causes of action in law or in equity, which Respondent may have
arising out of the specific matters addressed in this agreement. DBF for itself and
the DBF.Released Parties, this release and waiver by Respondent without
in any way acknowledging or admitting that any such calise of action does or may
exist, and DBF, for and the DBF Released Parties, expressly denies that any
such right or cause of action does in .fact exist.
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7. ATIORNEY GENERAL The Attorney Genera]9 for himselfand
his predecessors. successors and assigns, hereby waives, releases and forever discharges ACE, its
predecessors, successors, aniliates, subsidiaries and parent corporations, shareholders, directors,
officers, attorneys, employees, agents.. franchisees and assigns, and Goleta, and its predecessors,
successors, affiliates, subsidiaries and parent corporations, shareholders, directors, officers,
attorneys, employees, agents, franchisees and assigns (collecti,vely, the "ACE Released Parties"),
from any and all claims, demands.. causes of action.. suits, debts, dues.. duties, sums of money,
accounts, fees, penalties, damages, judglnents'l 'Iiabi-tities and obligations, both contingent and
fixed, known and unknown.. foreseen and unforeseen. anticipated and unanticipated, expected
and unexpected, related to or arising out of Goleta's or ACE's operations in Florida prior to the
effective date of this agreement. This release includes.. but is not limited to, any claims related to
any loans renewed, or rolled over.bY Goleta in Florida and any services provided by ACE
or its franchisees related thereto.. any clainls related to any violation of Chapters 501,516,559,
560,687, 772, 895 and 896, Florida any clailns related to check cashing services
provided prior to the effective date of Part IV, Chapter 560, Florida and any claims
related to any licensing requirements for the services provided by ACE to its customers in
Florida prior to the effective date of this agreement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, this release also includes all claims asserted or that could have been or could be
asserted against the parties named as defendants or that could have been named as defendants in
ElIgel1e R Clen1ell1 alld Neil Gi//eSlJie clIld (!f Flori,la, ofthe Att()rlley Gel/era!, .
Departn1!11t ofLegal A.ffairs liS. Ex/Jress. IIIC., A/JerI/alive Financial, [IIC., ,)5' a/the
rreaS!,re (;oast. IIIC., Raynl011d !-!enlnlig, [Jollald H. Neustadt. Kay [J. Zilliox, ROl1ald J.
GIld l1111a,OlVII entities and iJ,divi,hlllls, No. 99 09730. ACE, for itself
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and on behalf of the ACE Released Parties, accepts this release and waiver by the Attorney
General without in any way acknowledging or adlnitting that any such cause of action does or
may exist, and ACE, for and on behalf of the ACE Released Parties, expressly denies that
any such right or cause of action does in fact exist. Respondent hereby releases and
forever discharges the Attorney General and his respective employees.. agents, and
representatives (collectively, the lL Attorney'General Released Parties") from any causes of action'
in law or in equity, which Respondent may have arising out of the specific matters in
this agreement. The Attorney General, for themselves and the Attorney General Released
Parties, accept this release and waiver by Respondent without in any way acknowledging' or
admitting that any such cause of action does or may exist, the Attorney General, for himself and
the Attorney General Released Parties, expressly deny that any such right or cause of action does
in fact exist.
8. DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE RELEASE. The DBF, for
itself and its predecessors, successors and assigns, hereby waives, releases and forever
discharges ACE and its predecessors, successors, subsidiaries and parent corporations,
shareholders, directors, officers, attorneys, elnployees, agents, franchisees andass-igns, and
Goleta, and its predecessors.. successors, affiliates, subsidiaries and parent corporations,
shareholders, directors, officers, attorneys.. employees, agents, franchisees and assigns
(collectively, the "ACE Released Parties"), froln any and all claims, demands, causes ofaction,
suits, debts, dues, duties, sums of money, accounts, fees, penalties, damages.. judgments,
liabilities and obligations, both contingent and fixed, known and unknown, foreseen and
unforeseen, anticipated and un.anticipated, expected and related to or arising out of
the conduct of ACE and/or Goleta in connection with the offering of deferred presentment
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services or loans in \vhere such conduct occurred prior to the effective date of this
Agreement.. This release includes.. but is not liJnited to, any claims related to any.loans made,
renewed, or rolled over by poleta in 'Florida and any services provided by ACE or its franchisees
related thereto, any claims related to any violation of Chapters 501, 516, 559, 560,687, 772, 895
and 896, Florida LS'tatllles.. any claims related to check cashing selVices provided prior to the
effective date of Part IV, Chapter 560, F/orid(J .."Illlllles, and any claims related to any licensing
requirements for the services provided by ACE to its custolners in Florida prior to the effective
date of this Agreelnent. ACE, for itself and on behalf of the ACE Released Parties, accept this
release and waiver by the Attorney General and the DBF without in any way acknowledging or
adtnitting that any such cause of action does or may and ACE
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for itself and on behalf of
the ACE Released Parties, expressly denies that any such right or cause of action does in fact
exist.
9. EXCLUSION. This release does not include any claiIns under Chapter 560,
Florida Statutes, against franchisees of ACE related to deferred presentment transactions
engaged in after the effective date of Part IV.. Chapter 560" Florida Statutes, unless such
transactions were under the Goleta loan program.
10. ATTORNEYS' FEES. Each party to this Agreement shalJ be solely
for its separate costs and attorneys' fees incurred in the prosecution, defense or negotiation in
this matter up to entry of the Final Order incorporating this Agreelnent and the dismissals by the
Attorney General provided for in 3 (k) and 3 (I) above.
11. EFFECTIVE DATE. The effective date of this agreement is December 2002.
12. FAILURE TO COMPLY. Nothing in this Agreelnent limits Respondent's right
to contest any finding or determination made by DBF or the Attorney General concerning
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Respondent's alleged failure to comply with any of the terms and provisions ofthis Agreement
or of the Final Order incorporating this Agreement.
WHEREFORE. in of the foregoing. DBF. the Attorney General. and ACE
execute this Agreement on the dates indicated below.
DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE
By: Date:
D N SAXON
Division Director
OFFICE 0t)TR
By:
Date:
RICHARD DORAN. Attorney General
ACE CASH EXPRESS, INC., d/b/a
ACE AMERICA'S CASH EXPRESS
By: Date:
ERIC C. NORRINGTON
Vice President
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF _
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority. personally appeared
as of ACE CASH EXPRESS. TNC.. d/b/a ACE AMERICA'S CASH
EXPRESS, who is personally known to me or who has produced
______--'- as identification. and who. after being duly sworn. states that he
has read and understands the contents of this Agreement and voluntarily executed the same on
behalfof ACE CASH EXPRESS. INC.. d/b/a ACE AMERICA'S CASH EXPRESS.
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Respondent'sallegedfailuretocomp1y any of thetennsarid provisionsofthisAgreement
oroftheFinalOrderincorporatingthisAgreement.
WHEREFORE.inconsidirationoftheforegoing, DBF,theAttome}"General,andACE
1.
executethisAgreementonthedatesindicatedbelow.
DEPARTMENT OF BANKINGAND FINANCE
By: Date:
DON SAXON
DivisionDirector
Date:
OFFICEOF
By:
RICHARDDORAN,AttorneyGeneral
ACECASHEXPRESS,INC.,d/b/a
ACEA RICA'SCASHEXPRESS
By: Date:
STATEOFFLORlDA
COUNTYOF
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BEFOREME\the-undersignedauthority,personallyappeared _
as of ACE CASHEXPRESS,INC.,dIo/a ACE AMERICA"S CASH
EXPRESS,who is personallyknowntomeor\vhohasproduced
___________as identification,andwho, afterbeingdulysworn,statesthathe
hasreadandunderstandsth-econtentsofthisAgreementandvoluntarilyexecutedthesameon
behalfofACECASHEXPRE-SS.INC.,d/b/aACE AMERICA'8CASHEXPRESS.
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StateofFlorida
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Craig Waters
Craig Waters briefs worldwide media, December
2000,
in Bush v. Gore
Spokesman for the
Florida Supreme Court
In office
June 1, 1996 Present
Preceded by None
Succeeded by None
Personal details
Born 1956
Pensacola
Political
party
No Party Affiliation
Profession Lawyer
Religion SBNR
Website LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com
/pub/craig-waters/4b/aa5/38b)
FromWikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Craig Waters (born 1956) has been the public information
officer and communications counsel for the Florida Supreme
Court in Tallahassee since June 1, 1996. He is best known as
the public spokesman for the Court during the 2000
presidential election controversy, when he frequently
appeared on worldwide newscasts announcing its decisions.
These cases are known to history as George W. Bush v. Albert
Gore, Jr. or Bush v. Gore.
1 Portrayal in film
2 Election 2000 in reality and in film
3 Writings and scholarship
4 Work in court and media relations
5 Earlier legal work
6 Speeches and educational lectures
7 Other activities
8 Education
9 Early life
10 External links
Waters is portrayed in the HBO Movie Recount by the actor
Alex Staggs (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1475425
/resume?ref_=nm_ov_res). The film, which had a broadcast
premiere of May 25, 2008, chronicled the events in Florida
during the presidential election lawsuits and appeals.
Staggs reenacts two scenes in which Waters announced the result of Florida Supreme Court decisions to a global
television audience. The actual announcements had been unprecedented and were carried live by major
television networks in the United States and around the globe.
The first decision occurred on November 21, 2000 (http://www.youtube.com
/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XfmeTKuPvqE#t=17), when Waters announced a court ruling extending
the vote-counting deadline previously set by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris. The second was on
December 8, 2000 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-jQyBpUiz0), when Waters announced a decision
requiring a statewide recount of ballots. The United States Supreme Court overruled this last decision on
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December 12, 2000, in an opinion that effectively handed the presidency to George W. Bush.
Waters later told a Tallahassee newspaper (http://tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/LIVING
/805250311/1016/LIVING02) reporter: "My role as Court spokesman back then is something great to have in
your past, once it proves to be a success. But I can tell you that the success was by no means guaranteed at the
time. I came to work every day for more than a month in the fall of 2000 knowing there were a thousand ways
to fail and millions of people watching."
The film hinted at, but did not explore, Waters' identity as a gay man who suddenly was thrust onto a world
stage from the obscurity of his post in Florida's small-town capital. His sexuality was the subject of open
speculation in the fall of 2000. But no mainstream media published any reports despite the fact that his sexuality
was widely known among the Tallahassee capital press corps.
Not shown in the movie was Waters' reliance on prescribed benzodiazepine medication to endure the stress and
intense worldwide media pressure put on him by the 2000 presidential election cases. Among the stressors were
growing concerns about his security as it became apparent from an outpouring of emails that some people
believed he personally was making decisions affecting the American presidency.
One incident, told in books and in Recount, arose from his announcement of the statewide vote recount on the
evening of December 8, 2000. With a restless crowd outside the Florida Supreme Court building, police asked if
they could put a bullet-proof vest on Waters before he walked out onto the courthouse steps. He declined to
wear it because his coat would not fit on top and the vest would have been obvious to a worldwide audience.
"What flashed to mind," Waters said, "were the photographs of Hillary Clinton looking very vulnerable as she
wore a bullet proof vest passing through airports. That was not an image I wanted to project from the
courthouse."
With pressure mounting, it was during the Bush v. Gore cases that his use of the anti-anxiety prescription drug
alprazolam became daily and continued for years afterward. His anxiolytic dependence only abated after his
successful treatment at the Florida Recovery Center (FRC) in Gainesville, Florida, a part of the UF Health
network.
"I did not see myself as an addict," Waters said. "And I never did, until the day in treatment when I saw I would
die during withdrawal without medical help."
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Waters talks with
reporters before oral
arguments, December
7, 2000

Photo of actor Alex
Staggs taken during
filming on location for
HBO movie Recount,
November 3, 2007, on
the front steps of the
Florida Supreme Court
Building in Tallahassee,
Florida.

The actual Florida
Supreme Court listens
to December 7, 2000,
arguments

HBO reenacts the
December 7 argument
during filming
November 4, 2007
A prolific writer and scholar, Waters' works include "Waters' Dictionary of Florida Law" published by
London-based Butterworths, a three-volume treatise "AIDS and Florida Law" also published by
Butterworths,and several dozen scholarly articles on various subjects generally related to civil rights, AIDS and
disability law, court emergency preparedness,and the use of technology to improve court and media relations.
He is coauthor of the only comprehensive scholarly article (http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/pub_info
/documents/juris.pdf) on Florida Supreme Court protocol and jurisdiction.
In the fall of 2008, Waters published a detailed article in the Journal of Appellate Practice & Process on the
groundbreaking techniques he used to coordinate media relations at the Florida Supreme Court during the 2000
election cases. The article is titled "Technological Transparency: Appellate Court & Media Relations after Bush
v. Gore." (http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/pub_info/documents/2008_Bush_Gore_Article.pdf) It chronicled
the emerging use both of public spokespersons and high-technology methods of communication increasingly
employed by courts worldwide in the 21st Century.
In 1997, Waters spearheaded a project (http://www.brechner.org/reports
/1998/rpt9802.htm#THE%20BACK%20PAGE) that put all Florida Supreme Court arguments on live television,
cable, satellite, and web broadcasts. He also was responsible for a pioneering effort started in 1994 to place all
documents in high profile court cases on the Web for instant public access, which has been widely praised
(http://www.rcfp.org/news/mag/25-1/edit-prefposi.html) in the media. The media also credited
(http://www.mediainstitute.org/ONLINE/FAM2002/Press_A.html) Waters' work in 2000 with putting pressure
on federal courts to provide the public greater technological access to their own proceedings.
Prior to attending law school, Waters was a reporter for the Gannett Company in the Tallahassee capital press
corps, covering state government and the state Supreme Court he eventually would work for. His experience as
a statehouse journalist greatly influenced his approach to court and media relations. Prior to Waters becoming
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Waters has worked at the Florida Supreme Court
since 1987.
the court public information officer in 1996, the Florida
Supreme Court routinely avoided contact with media and
was widely seen as uncooperative with the press.
Waters brought an end to that approach, first by putting
large amounts of public information on the Florida Supreme
Court website he maintained. In September 1997 in
cooperation with Florida State University, Waters launched
the first comprehensive program to broadcast all court
arguments live on television, via satellite, on cable systems,
and in webcasts. That program, now called "Gavel to Gavel"
(http://www.wfsu.org/gavel2gavel/index.php) remains in
place today and has been widely imitated throughout the
world.
Before becoming the Florida Supreme Court's first public
information officer in 1996, Waters served for nine years as a staff attorney. He worked in this capacity for
nearly three years with Florida's first woman Justice, Rosemary Barkett from West Palm Beach. The remaining
time was spent advising Justice Gerald Kogan from Miami until, upon becoming Chief Justice in 1996, Kogan
moved Waters permanently into court administration and his current job.
Before law school, Waters worked for four years as a reporter with the Florida Gannett newspapers, from 1979
to 1983. He won a number of awards. These included recognition for work exposing racist campaign practices in
the 1980 Pensacola city elections, for articles dealing with the then-novel concept of chronic spouse abuse
syndrome as a defense to criminal charges, and for a series of articles at the height of the 1980s Reagan arms
build-up about Florida's profound failures in emergency preparedness.
These last articles presaged Waters' later work in emergency preparedness with the Florida State Courts system
following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the disastrous Florida hurricane seasons of 2004 and
2005.
Waters has given many speeches on issues he has explored in his professional life, including one on web
accessibility for persons with disabilities (http://www.ctc10.org/MS/MS6/page.php?p=973) at the 10th
international Court Technology Conference organized in 2007 by the National Center for State Courts. He is
coauthor of a professional paper describing how state and federal disability laws will require rethinking current
practices in creating and maintaining court websites (http://www.ncsconline.org/WC/Publications/Trends
/2008/TecManDisabilityTrends2008.pdf).
He previously spoke on the technology of disasters (http://riz0ep.rmxpres.com/riz0ep/viewer/?peid=d873e663-
b597-426d-9517-2f8b4b6476e0), dealing with court emergency preparedness following the September 11, 2001,
terrorists attacks and the extensive hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005. Since 2000, Waters has given dozens of
speeches nationwide on the media relations techniques he pioneered in the 1990s and how they were especially
useful during the Bush v. Gore presidential election appeals, when he employed cutting edge technology to give
people real-time access to documents and broadcasts on a worldwide basis.
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Election 2000. Satellite trucks parked near the
Florida Supreme Court during the 2000
Presidential election dispute. The Florida State
Capitol is in the background.
Built in 1770, University Hall on
Brown University's campus. Waters is
a 1979 graduate.
In early 2014, he spoke at Stetson University College of Law in
St. Petersburg, Florida, as part of its Institute for the
Advancement of Legal Communications. At that time, he met
with faculty and students to survey the growing role of
high-tech communications in informing the public about the
role of courts and lawyers in our society. He drew heavily on
his experiences with Bush v. Gore and examined how the
communications challenges of that earlier constitutional crisis
might have played out using the technology available in 2014.
He is founding president of the Florida Court Public
Information Officers, Inc. (http://www.fcpio.org/), a federally
recognized tax exempt organization. He is heavily involved in
activities of the Florida Bar, including serving on the editorial board of the Florida Bar Journal and the Florida
Bar News. He also serves on the Florida Bar Media & Communications Law Committee and has chaired and
hosted many of its ongoing programs of outreach to media. These include the annual Florida Bar Reporters
Workshop held each fall at the Florida Supreme Court Building. A native of Pensacola, Florida, he has been a
member in good standing of the Florida Bar since 1987.
Waters attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island as an undergraduate, receiving his degree with
honors in 1979. Previously, he took classes at Pensacola State College, then known as Pensacola Junior College.
He received his Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Florida College of Law (now the Levin College
of Law) in 1986. In law school, he served as a management editor of the Florida Law Review and was a
teaching assistant to various professors.
Before law school, he worked for four years as a journalist with the
Gannett newspapers in Pensacola and Tallahassee. Half of his time as a
reporter was spent covering the court beat in Pensacola, where his
interest in attending law school first developed.
Before college, Waters attended public schools in Pensacola, graduating
from J. M. Tate High School. At an early age, Waters was placed on an
advanced educational track because of high test scores in the Escambia
County, Florida, school system. He remained on this track until
graduation from high school.
Waters grew up in Pensacola, Florida and spent considerable time with
an extended family primarily living in Southwestern Alabama. He is a direct descendant of the Weavers of
Weaverville, North Carolina, through his maternal grandfather Joseph Barnett Weaver. The latter came to live
near Evergreen, Alabama to find a warmer climate because he suffered from asthmaa condition Waters
inherited.
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Waters was born and reared in
Pensacola.
His father's family settled in what now is Conecuh County, Alabama, after the Creek War in the early 1800s,
according to the Waters' family tradition. The Waters' family homestead was near the old Federal Road way
station at Burnt Corn, Alabama, a place that figured prominently in the American settlement of the area
following the Louisiana Purchase as Washington, D.C. built better connections with New Orleans.
He spent large parts of his formative years with grandparents who lived
in homes rooted in the pioneer pastheated solely with fireplaces,
lacking indoor plumbing, and located on self-contained family farms
meant to provide food through planting and husbandry. The Waters'
homestead itself, which Waters visited often, had been built before the
American Civil War. Waters' retained a fractional interest in the
homestead until the 1990s, when it was sold to settle his grandmother's
estate.
Both of his parents left these farms to find work in Pensacola following
World War II. Nonetheless, the family's rural background remained a
strong part of Waters' life after his father moved the family to a small
rural farm in the community of Beulah, northwest of Pensacola on the
Alabama border. Waters helped his father care for the 30-acre farm during his high school years and for a time
after his father's death in 1974, until he and his mother could sell the livestock and farming equipment.
The Beulah farm remained in his mother's hands until she died in 2006. Due to tax and land-use concerns,
Waters and his sister sold the acreage in early 2007. It was developed into a subdivision echoing his mother's
maiden name, Weaver's Run (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Weavers-Run-Subdivision/130185443802140),
through an agreement with the buyer.
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Craig Waters' LinkedIn Page (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/craig-waters/4b/aa5/38b/)
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Robert Craig Waters
Exec. Asst. to the Chf. Jus.
Fla. Supr. Ct.
Tallahassee, Florida
(Leon Co.)
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University Brown University, A.B.

Law School University of Florida, J.D.

Admitted 1987

ISLN 902934649

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Neil Gillespie
From: "Neil Gillespie" <neilgillespie@mfi.net>
To: "Alberto Pimentel" <a.pimentel@storbeckpimentel.com>
Cc: "Neil Gillespie" <neilgillespie@mfi.net>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 9:08 PM
Attach: Settlement Agreement DBF Case No. 9177-F-9-02.pdf; $250,000 check to Florida State University
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letter composite.pdf; Craig Waters - Wikipedia.pdf; Robert Craig Waters-LexisNexis.pdf
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Mr. Alberto Pimentel
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Dear Mr. Pimentel:
Please find attached an addendum to my letter yesterday August 28, 2014, and for my affiliation with
FSU, sent by email only. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Neil J . Gillespie
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Ocala, Florida 34481

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