THE FLORIDA BAR RE AMENDMENTS TO RULES

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Alan T. Dimond, President and Patricia A. Seitz, President-elect, The Florida Bar, Miami, John A. Boggs, Director of Lawyer Regulation, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Barry Richard of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, Tallahassee, Frank Scruggs, Chair, Florida Supreme Court Racial and Ethnic Bias Study Commission (1989-1991) of Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, Robin Hassler, Chair, Individual Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the Public Interest Law Section, Tallahassee, and Deborah Hardin Wagner, Executive Director, Florida Supreme Court Racial and Ethnic Bias Study Commission, Tallahassee, on behalf of The Florida Bar and members, Ralph Armstead, Robert Brochin, Thomas J. Brown, Robert A. Butterworth, Hernan Castro, Kendall Coffey, Dean Colson, John Cosgrove, Carolyn D. Cummings, Richard Davison, Jessie Dillard, George Drumming, Jr., Michael Easley, AnnaMaria O. Ellis, Cynthia A. Everett, Ellen Freiden, Mark Gallegos, Larry Hanfield, Robin Hassler, Marilyn Holifield, Carolyn Y. Howard, Calvin Johnson, Cynthia Johnson-Stacks, Darryl Jones, Arthenia Joyner, Thomas R. Julin, Joseph P. Klock, Jr., Henry Latimer, Wendy S. Leavitt, Marilyn K. Lindsey, John Marks, Larry Matthews, Vincent P. McGhee, Don Middlebrooks, Charles B. Morton, Jr., Janet T. Munn, Eugene Pettis, Alan H. Schreiber, Caryn Schwartz, Luther Smith, Harold T. Smith, Jr., Lynn Solomon, Mary Sorensen, Osvaldo N. Soto, R. Gary Spencer, Kent Spriggs, Dominique Suite-Brown, Adalberto Tosca, Robert Travis, Deborah Hardin Wagner, Shirley Walker, Chriss Walker, Emily Wheeler, Thornton Williams, Harriet Williams, Robert Woolfork and Stephen N. Zack, for joint petitioners.

Rosemary B. Wilder, Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Association, Miami, Randall C. Mumper, Pensacola, Florida; Jimmy Hatcher, Bristol, Florida; Robert J. Bertrand, Miami Lakes, Antonio Capestany, North Miami Beach, Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, Robert M. Brake, Coral Gables, Lee L. Haas, Clearwater, Eric J. Holshouser of Coffman, Coleman, Andrews & Grogan, Jacksonville, Craig G. Bulkeley, Miami; Enrique Arroyo of Arroyo & Arroyo, P.A., South Miami, Jon Larsen Shudlick, Boynton Beach, Douglas K. Silvis and Chris E. Ambrose, Thomasville, GA; Henry P. Trawick, Jr., Sarasota, Joseph C. Ferrell of Joseph C. Ferrell & Associates, Bradenton, Bertram Shapero, Palm Beach, John R. Wood of Wood & Seitl, P.A., Sarasota, T. Scott Conrad of Frank Hamilton & Associates, P.A., Tampa, Lucille M. Espey, Tavares, Nina E. Vinik, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida, Miami, George A. Bode of Bode & Associates, New Orleans, LA; Lynne Marie Kohm of Webster & Kohm, Groton, NY, and Philip Michael Cullen, III, Fort Lauderdale, for responding.