CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT

Nos. SC02-147, SC02-1034.

840 So.2d 1023 (2003)

CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT. Amendments to the Code of Judicial Conduct and Rules Regulating The Florida Bar Re Pro Bono Activities by Judges and Judicial Staff.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Honorable Scott J. Silverman, Chair, Florida Supreme Court Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee, Miami, FL, for Petitioner in No. SC02-147.

The Honorable Joseph P. Farina, Chief Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Former Chair, Florida Conference of Circuit Court Judges, Miami, FL; the Honorable Belvin Perry, Jr., Conference Chair, Florida Conference of Circuit Court Judges, Orlando, FL; the Honorable Beth Bloom, President, Florida Conference of County Court Judges, Miami, FL; the Honorable Charles J. Kahn, Jr., First District Court of Appeal, Tallahassee, FL, and Ervin Gonzalez of Colson, Hicks & Eidson, Coral Gables, FL, on behalf of the Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee; the Honorable Jacqueline R. Griffin, Chair, Ad hoc Committee on Judicial Pro Bono for the Conference of District Court of Appeal Judges, Daytona Beach, FL; the Honorable Chris W. Altenbernd, Second District Court of Appeal, Tampa, FL, on behalf of the Ad hoc Committee on Judicial Pro Bono for the Conference of District Court of Appeal Judges; the Honorable Jeffrey D. Swartz, County Court Judge, Dade County, Miami Beach, FL; Tod Aronovitz, President, The Florida Bar, Miami, FL, and Miles A. McGrane, III, Presidentelect, The Florida Bar, Coral Gables, FL; the Honorable David A. Demers, Chief Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit, and B. Elaine New, Court Counsel, Sixth Judicial Circuit, St. Petersburg, FL; The Honorable William A. Van Nortwick, Jr., Chair, Task Force on Pro Bono Activities by Judges and Judicial Staff, Tallahassee, FL; the Honorable Jeffrey J. Colbath, County Court Judge, Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, FL; and the Honorable Karl B. Grube, County Court Judge, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, FL, Responding with comments in No. SC02-147.

The Honorable William A. Van Nortwick, Jr., Chair, Task Force on Pro Bono Activities by Judges and Judicial Staff, Tallahassee, FL; and Natasha W. Permaul, Chair, The Florida Bar Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services, Orlando, FL, for Petitioner in No. SC02-1034.

The Honorable Joseph P. Farina, Chief Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Former Chair, Florida Conference of Circuit Court Judges, Miami, FL; the Honorable Belvin Perry, Jr., Conference Chair, Florida Conference of Circuit Court Judges, Orlando, FL; the Honorable Beth Bloom, President, Florida Conference of County Court Judges, Miami, FL; the Honorable Charles J. Kahn, Jr., First District Court of Appeal, Tallahassee, FL, and Ervin Gonzalez of Colson, Hicks & Eidson, Coral Gables, FL, on behalf of the Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee; the Honorable Jacqueline R. Griffin, Chair, Ad hoc Committee on Judicial Pro Bono for the Conference of District Court of Appeal Judges, Daytona Beach, FL; the Honorable Chris W. Altenbernd, Second District Court of Appeal, Tampa, FL, on behalf of the Ad hoc Committee on Judicial Pro Bono for the Conference of District Court of Appeal Judges; the Honorable Jeffrey D. Swartz, County Court Judge, Dade County, Miami Beach, FL; Tod Aronovitz, President, The Florida Bar, Miami, FL, and Miles A. McGrane, III, Presidentelect, The Florida Bar, Coral Gables, FL; the Honorable David A. Demers, Chief Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit, and B. Elaine New, Court Counsel, Sixth Judicial Circuit, St. Petersburg, FL; the Honorable James M. Barton, III, Circuit Court Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL; John R. Hamilton of Foley & Lardner, Orlando, FL, on behalf of the Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, Inc.; Kelly Rauch, President, Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association, St. Petersburg, FL; Wendy S. Loquasto, career attorney to Judge Richard W. Ervin, III, Judge of the District Court of Appeal, First District, Tallahassee, FL; and attorney Martin D. Kahn, Miami, FL, Responding with comments in No. SC02-1034.


PER CURIAM.

In Case No. SC02-147, we have before us the petition of the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee (JEAC) proposing amendments to Canons 4 and 5 of the Code of Judicial Conduct (Code). In Case No. SC02-1034, we have before us the report of the Task Force on Pro Bono Activities by Judges and Judicial Staff (Task Force) and The Florida Bar Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services (Standing Committee), proposing amendments to Canon 4 of the Code and to Rule...

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