MATTER OF INTEREST ON TRUST ACCOUNTS

No. 51182.

372 So.2d 67 (1979)

MATTER OF INTEREST ON TRUST ACCOUNTS, a PETITION OF the FLORIDA BAR TO AMEND the CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND the RULES GOVERNING the PRACTICE OF LAW.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Floyd, President, The Florida Bar, Miami, James A. Urban, President, The Florida Bar Foundation, Inc., Orlando, James C. Rinaman, Jr., Chairman, Florida Bar Integration Rule and Bylaws Committee, Jacksonville, Norman A. Faulkner, Staff Counsel and David G. McGunegle, Asst. Staff Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee and Melvin C. Morgenstern, Tax Counsel for The Florida Bar Foundation, Inc., Miami, for petitioner.

Henry P. Trawick, Jr., Sarasota, and Robert M. Curtis of Saunders, Curtis, Ginestra & Gore, Fort Lauderdale, Response to Petition For Amendment of Integration Rule.


PER CURIAM.

In March 1978, we amended the rules governing the practice of law in this state "to authorize attorneys to invest trust funds held for clients in order to generate investment income for the benefit of public interest programs related to the legal profession."1 To implement this new program, we directed the officers and directors of The Florida Bar Foundation to initiate the process of amending the Foundation's charter and by...

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