Process Server Complaint Panel Reviews Case 0632; investigators recommend permanent refusal of certification and $1,600 penalty

The Process Server Complaint Review Committee met June 19, 2025, to consider a complaint (case number 0632) filed by Trevor Gonzales alleging that process server Afolabi Ogunfua filed a false return of service. Investigators recommended permanently refusing to renew Ogunfua's process-server certification and imposing a $1,600 total penalty due within 12 months of any final ruling; the committee moved into a closed session to confer with legal counsel and the respondent and did not announce a public vote at the meeting.

The recommendation was read aloud by Amy Smith, a staff member assigned to the complaint investigation. Smith said, “On 12/07/2023, Trevor Gonzales filed a complaint against Afolabi Lagunfua alleging that the respondent filed a false return of service and instead served his father-in-law. The respondent…