THE FLORIDA BAR.
In re EMERGENCY DELIVERY OF LEGAL SERVICES TO the POOR (Mandatory Pro Bono).
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 12, 1983.
May 12, 1983.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Neil Chonin, Coral Gables, Stephen T. Maher, Miami, and Randall C. Berg, Jr., Executive Director, Fla. Justice Institute, Inc., Miami, on behalf of the following active members of The Florida Bar, petitioners, Terence J. Anderson, Elizabeth P. Baker, Judith A. Bass, Richard A. Belz, Melvin S. Black, Glen M. Boecher, Dan Bradley, Hugh A. Carithers, Jr., Justin M. Clouser, Mindy L. Cohen, Marcus B. Cornelius, Walter T. Dartland, Patricia Dore, Peggy M. Fisher, Lyman Fletcher, Bruce M. Fried, Carolyn M. Gettings, Steven M. Goldstein, Andrew L. Gordon, Barbara Weiss Green, James A. Gresser, Albert J. Hadeed, David J. Halberg, Baya Harrison, Leonard Helfand, Mark Hulsey, Robert M. Hustead, Michelle Bushey Ivy, Robert H. Kennedy, Jeffrey H. Klink, Ira J. Kurzban, Christine E. Larson, Craig W. Lekach, Howard B. Lenard, David J. Lillesand, Hugh MacMillan, Jr., Barbara Malone, Donald M. Middlebrooks, Alice K. Nelson, Roderick N. Petrey, Kathleen M. Phillips, David F. Powell, Bruce Rogow, Maurice Rosen, Joseph C. Segor, William J. Sheppard, Marilyn Sher, Peter M. Siegel, Chesterfield Smith, John Edward Smith, William Reece Smith, Parker D. Thomson, Gary W. Udouj, John W. Van Doren, Rena Magolnick Wisotsky, Steven Wisotsky and John F. Yetter.
Response to Petition
Theodore Klein, Member of Bd. of Governors of The Fla. Bar, Miami, and James C. Rinaman, Jr., President, The Florida Bar, Jacksonville.
Terrence W. Ackert, as Director of Seminole County Bar Ass'n, and Harvey M. Alper, as Director of Legal Aid Society, Casselberry.
Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, amicus curiae.
Richard P. Cole, President of the Dade County Bar Ass'n, Miami.
Henry P. Trawick, Jr. of Trawick & Griffis, Sarasota, respondent.
Jack Behr, President of the Fla. Public Defender Ass'n, Pensacola.
Arthur I. Jacobs of Jacobs & Mullin, Fernandina Beach, on behalf of the Fla. Pros. Attys. Ass'n whose members include the State Attys. and their Assistants.
Darryl M. Bloodworth, President, Orange County Bar Ass'n, Inc. and Charles R. Stepter, Jr., President, Legal Aid Soc. of the Orange County Bar Ass'n, Inc., Orlando.
M.A. Galbraith, Jr., City Atty., Boca Raton, on behalf of City Attys. and their Deputies.
D. Culver Smith III, President of the Palm Beach County Bar Ass'n, Inc., Palm Beach.
Michael H. Davidson, Tallahassee, respondent.
Albert J. Hadeed, Southern Legal Counsel, Inc., Gainesville, for Common Cause.
Wayne Thomas, Chairman, General Practice Section, The Florida Bar, Tampa.
Supreme Court of Florida.
McDONALD, Justice.
Filed before us is a petition to amend the integration rule of The Florida Bar to require that state bar members provide mandatory pro bono services. The proposed amendment would require that lawyers provide twenty-five hours of free legal service to the poor or, in the alternative, donate $500 to The Florida Bar Foundation or participate in the interest on trust account program. The petitioners' request has been prompted, in part, by recent federal...
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