Can the association lawyer be also a board member in the State of Florida?

My HOA dues are every quarter according to the statements bills that I get from the management company (Sentry). The last couple quarters I paid approximately in the middle of the quarter. In December of 2007 a couple weeks after I paid (check cleared bank already) I got a letter from the attorney indicating that I owed for the same quarter and $87.15 for his legal fees. I reply back to him 2 days later in December of 2007 with attach copies of the check indicating that I paid for the quarter including late fees and that I owed him nothing! No response from him.
In this years quarter I paid again in the middle of the quarter and notice that the check didn't cleared the bank after a couple of weeks. Called Sentry management and ask if they got my check. The person indicates that they got my check and that my file was blocked and my check was send over to the HOA attorney. After a length discussion with the attorney trying to figure out why my file was blocked it was mainly that he he was still chasing down his fees from the last quarter but I paid before he send out any letter and the quarter was up as yet, I don't understand how can something like that happens. He also included his fees again for this quarter wrote VOID on my check for this years quarter and returned it to me requesting a cashiers check be made out to him with this quarter's HOA fees + lawyer's fees with last quarters attorney's fees as well. As far as I am concerns my billings statements never pass over so why am I force to paid attorney's fees???
Is the above legal and or civil?
Can a BOD member be the association lawyer as well?
Does anyone know if the above is possible in the State of Florida?
Can legal actions be taken upon this lawyer?
can legal actions be taken upon the HOA?
Can any of the above be sued?
Can this lawyer be removed from being the association lawyer?
can this lawyer be removed from the HOA board?

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Above is an Arizona Superior Court case where the judge severely censored the attorney for doing somewhat what yours is trying to do. If I remember this case correctly, the woman agreed (stipulated) that she owed a past due amount and even wanted to pay a sum quite a bit more than she owed just to get rid of him. But the attorney refused her payment, demanding more and more money, without documentation for those fees. Be sure to read his demand letter at the very bottom of the case telling her that all correspondence must go thru him. This woman wiped this attorney good, and she did it representing herself. Well, actually she had lots of help - from his arrogance!
Be aware, if he is acting as a debt collector, he is subject to Federal Debt Collection laws.
Your board is ultimately responsible for your attorney's behavior. They have either given him the authority to do this, or he has taken it upon himself. The board should be reviewing each delinquency and deciding if and when it should be submitted to someone for collection, but after due process notices. Sounds like your only notices have been from this attorney - not from the board. This guy needs to be reigned in.

Thanks GlenL, I will get a copy of the association debt collection policy. I lived in this gated community for approximately 4 years. Never had any problems until this attorney became the vice president of the BOD recently.
Can a BOD make money off the HOA? (Self special interest)
Thanks! for your great input!

He can't change the bylaws by himself, even if he is a lawyer. Any bylaw change would have to be done by an amendment to your existing bylaws, and passed by a majority vote of the membership (of your quorum), after all members were duly noticed of pending change. Was this done? As for collection procedures for HOA, go to Statute 720, and read secteion 720.3085, which is the section on payment for assessments. A bunch of new stuff was added to this section July 2007. Find statutes at www.flsenate.gov/statutes and type in 720 to read. And then read your recorded documents, and collection procedures as mentioned before. It seems like a conflict of interest to me if this attorney/board member benefits in his personal income from board decisions regarding collection of association dues. Just my opinion.