Case Name: KFORCE, INC., f/k/a Romac International, Inc., successor by merger to Romac Associates of Fort Lauderdale, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Kerin MICKENBERG, f/k/a Kerin B. Lake, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-05-21
Citations: 846 So. 2d 1190
Docket Number: No. 4D02-4649
Parties: KFORCE, INC., f/k/a Romac International, Inc., successor by merger to Romac Associates of Fort Lauderdale, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Kerin MICKENBERG, f/k/a Kerin B. Lake, Appellee.
Judges: KLEIN, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 846
Pages: 1190–1191

Head Matter:
KFORCE, INC., f/k/a Romac International, Inc., successor by merger to Romac Associates of Fort Lauderdale, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Kerin MICKENBERG, f/k/a Kerin B. Lake, Appellee.
No. 4D02-4649.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 21, 2003.
Stanley H. Eleff, Marie Tomassi, and Edward B. Carlstedt of Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O’Neill & Mullís, Professional Association, Tampa, for appellant.
Michael W. Ullman and Laurie A. Thompson of Ullman, Ullman & Vazquez, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Kforce, Inc. appeals a non-final order denying its request for temporary injunction against Kerin Mickenberg which sought to enforce a covenant not to compete.
When she went to work for Kforce in 1995, Mickenberg signed a covenant not to compete. She left Kforce in 2002 and began to work for a competitor. At the hearing on the temporary injunction, Kforce proved that Mickenberg had contacted its customers by e-mail. The emails demonstrated Mickenberg's attempt to circumvent the terms of the noncompet-ition agreement. For example, two e mails informed clients that Mickenberg was trying to "remain low key" to avoid any "conflict of interest" issues. Other comments were that she was willing "to work with [the client] behind the scenes for a little while" and to contact her if she could be of any assistance.
These e-mails amounted to a direct solicitation of Kforee's customers. Under section 542.33(2)(a), Florida Statutes (1995), "solicitation of existing customers shall be presumed to be an irreparable injury." At the hearing, Kforee demonstrated entitlement to a temporary injunction. We reverse the order of the circuit court and remand with directions to enter a temporary injunction enforcing the noncompetition agreement.
KLEIN, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.