A legal spat between the Ticket Clinic and a ticket-fighting startup has led to a Florida Bar investigation.

The bar is considering litigation against the startup Tikd and its CEO for possibly practicing law without a license, a bar representative said. A South Florida-based committee recommended the bar seek a civil injunction from the Florida Supreme Court. Now the bar's statewide committee on the unlicensed practice of law will decide whether to go forward.

Coral Gables entrepreneur Christopher Riley launched Tikd earlier this year, promising drivers an easy way to get minor traffic tickets dismissed. The Tikd app allows users to upload a ticket via smartphone and pay a fee about 15 to 30 percent below the ticket fine. The startup farms out the ticket defense work to local lawyers, and Tikd pays the clients' fines if they lose.