AMEND. TO RULES REGULATING FLORIDA BAR

No. SC01-1509.

820 So.2d 210 (2002)

AMENDMENTS TO RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence Russell, President, The Florida Bar, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Tod Aronovitz, President-elect, The Florida Bar, David Bianchi, Chair, Florida Bar Insurance Practices Special Study Committee, Miami, FL; Robert M. Brush, Chair, Florida Bar Disciplinary Procedure Committee, Lakeland, FL; Elizabeth C. Tarbert, Ethics Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL; Shane T. Munoz, Vice-Chair, Florida Bar Standing Committee on Advertising, Tampa, FL; Michael E. Seminario, Chair, Florida Bar Standing Committee on Advertising, Jacksonville, FL; John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Henry Latimer, Chair, Rules Committee 2000-01, Ian M. Comisky, Chair, Rules Committee 2001-02, Paul F. Hill, General Counsel, John A. Boggs, Director, Legal Division, Mary Ellen Bateman, Deputy Director, Legal Division, and Lori Holcomb, UPL Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Katherine E. Giddings of Katz, Kutter, Haigler, Alderman, Bryant & Yon, P.A., on behalf of American Insurance Association, and Vincent J. Rio, Counsel, State Farm Insurance Companies, Chair, Committee on Bar Relations for Florida Insurance Council, Tallahassee, FL; Tana J. Stringfellow, Chair, Florida Alliance of Legal Assistants/Paralegals ("FALAP"), Jacksonville, FL; Karen S. McLead, FALAP, Clearwater, FL; James J. Gallagher, on behalf of American International Companies, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Myer J. Cohen, Florida Lawyers Assistance, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL; and Timothy P. Chinaris, Florida Bar member, Grundy, VA, Responding.


PER CURIAM.

The Florida Bar petitions this Court to adopt amendments to the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, including a new rule, as follows: rule 1-3.2 (Membership Classifications); rule 2-9.3 (Legislative Policies); rule 3-2.1 (Definitions; Generally); rule 3-3.3 (Counsel for The Florida Bar); rule 3-3.4 (Grievance Committees); rule 3-5.2 (Emergency Suspension and Probation); rule 3-5.3 (Diversion of Disciplinary Cases to Practice and Professionalism Enhancement...

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