Clients of a Naples family law attorney complained to the Florida Bar that she stopped communicating with them after they paid her for work, and the bar knows how they feel; she did not in any way answer the grievances lodged against her.
Denise Gunn, admitted to the bar in 1997, was disbarred on May 23.
When you call Gunn’s business phone number, you get the message: “The subscriber you called is not in service.” Four out of five emails to her email addresses were bounced. No database records her death. Online Collier County criminal court records show she is still alive.
Collier County online court records show that on May 24, the day after “Denise A. Gunn” was suspended, a “Denise Alicia Gunn” signed a deferred prosecution agreement after being charged with possession of a controlled substance. According to the arrest report, police found 4.1 grams of methamphetamine in a sandwich bag in Gunn’s car on Feb. 29 after stopping her for turning right from the left turn lane while leaving a Walmart.
Still, Gunn ghosted customers and the Florida Bar.
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Money for nothing
Without Gunn’s testimony or participation in any way, the report by Judge D. Ryan Felix, the referee in Gunn’s disciplinary case, reflects the bar’s complaints about complaints filed by Trevor Stanislaus and Xavier Gressett.
Stanislaus said he signed a retainer agreement and paid Gunn $1,500 of a $4,000 lump sum for a case in May 2021. Gunn spent May and June ignoring Stanislaus’ calls, so on July 4, 2021, Stanislaus asked Gunn to cancel his money and give him a refund if they couldn’t settle the case. Gunn responded that she was working on his petition. He had also requested a copy of the retainer agreement, which she said was in the mail.
Stanislaus did not receive the petition, the agreement or a refund despite repeated requests, but did receive a text on August 17, 2021 saying his petition was ready. That was the last Stanislaus heard from Gunn.
Two months later, Gressett signed a retainer deal with Gunn for $3,500. Gunn filed a notice of appeal on November 1, 2021 and attended a hearing on January 5, 2022. Gressett completed paying the $3,500 in April 2022 and Gunn ‘took no further action on his behalf, but she failed to withdraw from his business. .”
