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Chief Justice Major B. Harding Supreme Court of Florida 500 South Duval Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1925	Honorable Leander J. Shaw Justice Supreme Court of Florida 500 South Duval Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1925
Honorable Charles T. Wells Justice Supreme Court of Florida 500 South Duval Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1925
Honorable Harry Lee Anstead Justice Supreme Court of Florida 500 South Duval Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1925	Governor Jeb Bush The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001
Honorable R. Fred Lewis Justice Supreme Court of Florida 500 South Duval Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1925	Attorney General Bob Butterworth State of Florida The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1050
Honorable Barbara J. Pariente Justice Supreme Court of Florida 500 South Duval Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1925	cc: Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson Clerk of the Court Tom Hall Staff Attorney Mark Criser - Supreme Court of Florida
Honorable Peggy A. Quince Justice Supreme Court of Florida 500 South Duval Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1925

May 23, 2000

Dear Justice Harding, Justice Wells, Justice Anstead, Justice Lewis, Justice Pariente,
Justice Quince, Justice Shaw, Governor Bush, Attorney General Butterworth,

Further to my correspondence dated May 11, 2000, I am fully aware that The Florida Bar recommends the discipline of attorneys for violations of the Rules Regulating the Bar. In accordance with those Rules and the discipline that would be imposed for violating those Rules, Mr. Ronald Kopplow would have and should have been disbarred, at the very least. Only an attorney who feels protected by the "System" would have had the nerve to do what Mr. Kopplow did to us. Mr. Kopplow, by virtue of his relationship with The Florida Bar’s created and formed insurance carrier, Florida Lawyers Mutual, as an insured and an employee/agent, knew that he was protected by the "System" and there was never the threat of punishment because he is part of that "System."

Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company has an unfair advantage over other malpractice insurance carriers in the State of Florida by virtue of its relationship with The Florida Bar. This vertical set up allows The Florida Bar to control the Disciplinary process as well as the Legal Malpractice claims brought against their own created and formed malpractice insurance carrier as it pertains to its own insured’s and/or employees/agents. The Florida Bar, by virtue of its relationship with its own created and formed insurance carrier, should be prohibited from any involvement or ruling, that involves an insured and/or employee/agent of Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company. Complaints that involve the insured’s and/or employees/agents of Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company should immediately be directed to an impartial panel by virtue of The Florida Bar’s direct and inherent conflict of interest with Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company.

I have been requesting for almost two years the right to be heard in front of an acceptable and impartial Grievance Committee. I have made this request to The Florida Bar and to The Supreme Court of Florida. My requests, to date, have totally been ignored.

I again respectfully request a hearing in front of an acceptable and impartial Grievance

Committee.

Sincerely,

Meryl M. Lanson

cc:	Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson Clerk of the Court Tom Hall Staff Attorney Mark Criser - Supreme Court of Florida