AMENDMENT TO RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR — RULE 4-1.18, CLIENT-LAWYER RELATIONSHIPS IN FAMILY LAW MATTERS.
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November 16, 1995.
November 16, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Raymond Ehrlich and Scott D. Makar of Holland & Knight, Jacksonville, on behalf of the following active members of The Florida Bar and the American Academy of Matrimonial Attorneys, Florida Chapter, Brenda Abrams, Ira Abrams, Durand Adams, Raymond Alley, Jr., John Asbell, Harold P. Barkas, Jason M. Berkman, Marc H. Brawer, Gordon C. Brydger, Victoria Santoro Calebrese, Robert Chambers, Neil Chonin, Bruce A. Christensen, Stanton L. Cobb, Larry K. Coleman, Donald G. Criscuolo, Stephen Cypen, Albert J. Datz, Angelo Demos, A. Norman Drucker, Edna Y. Elliott, Robert Ervin, K. Dian Fedak, Russell Ferraro, Lyman T. Fletcher, Robert Floyd, Gill Freeman, Thomas Gary, Arthur Ginsburg, Alan Gold, Joel L. Goldman, Cynthia L. Greene, Martin L. Haines III, Michael L. Hastings, Frasier Himes, Victoria M. Ho, Mark Hulsey, Sandy Karlan, Ann L. Kerr, Gerald I. Kornreich, Judith Kreeger, Maurice Jay Kutner, Andrew M. Leinoff, David H. Levin, Neil P. Linden, John E. Long, Hugh T. Maloney, Stuart Manoff, Miriam E. Mason, A. Matthew Miller, James Fox Miller, Carmen Morales, Arnold Nevins, Jerome Novey, Luis Padron, Ray H. Pearson, William L. Penrose, Juan Ramirez, Jr., Gerald Richman, James Rinnaman, Jr., Peggy Rowe-Linn, Alan J. Rubenstein, Melvin Rubin, Fletcher Rush, Donald J. Sasser, G. Robert Schultz, Stephen W. Sessums, Robert Shalhaob, Honorable Winifred J. Sharp, L. David Shear, Chesterfield Smith, Maria Soto, John M. Strickland, Arthur Taylor, Richard Tjera, Richard D. West, Joel Weissman, Burton Young, and Elliott Zisser, Petitioners.
K. Timothy Kemper, Miami; Gary W. Lyons of McFarland, Gould, Lyons & Sullivan, P.A., Clearwater; Joel M. Cohen, Pensacola; Nord L. Johnson of Nord L. Johnson, P.A., DeLand; Antonio Capestany, North Miami Beach; Charles L. Brown, Executive Director of Polk County Legal Aid Society, Inc., Lakeland; Robert Bertrand, Miami Lakes; Paul Martz, St. Augustine; John A. DeVault III, President, John W. Frost II, President-elect, Miles A. McGrane, Chair, Disciplinary Procedure Committee, John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and John Anthony Boggs, Director of Lawyer Regulation, Tallahassee, on behalf of The Florida Bar; Ron Eubanks d/b/a Lawyer Complaint Service, Fort Walton Beach; Jimmy Hatcher, pro se, Bristol; Dalwin Albert, Bradenton; Robert A. Zeller, pro se, Redington Shores; Budagail S. Kirchman, Titusville; Ann M. Cole of Judicial Reform Committee, Orlando; Peter A. Rubelman, North Miami Beach; Elaine M. College, Vice President Entertainment Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Tampa; and Ike Anderson, Monticello, Interested Parties Responding.
Supreme Court of Florida.
PER CURIAM.
Over fifty members of The Florida Bar, who are also members of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Attorneys, petition this Court to adopt a proposed rule of professional conduct. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.; R.Reg.Fla.Bar. 1-12.1(f).
Proposed rule 4-1.18 would govern the conduct of attorneys in "family law matters."1 According to the petitioners, the proposed rule is...
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