IN RE AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR-FLORIDA REGISTERED PARALEGAL PROGRAM

No. SC06-1622.

969 So.2d 360 (2007)

In re AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR—FLORIDA REGISTERED PARALEGAL PROGRAM.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross Goodman, Chair, Special Committee to Study Paralegal Regulation, John F. Harkess, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, Francisco R. Angones, President, The Florida Bar, Miami, FL, and Lori S. Holcomb, UPL Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Howard Rudolph and David Leacock of Rudolph and Leacock, LLP, West Palm Beach, FL; Jane Kady Ross, CP, CFLA, Tallahassee, FL; Judith M. Deary, CAL, CFLA, St. Petersburg, FL; Jane Fletcher Strike of McCarthy, Summers, Bobko, Wood, Sawyer and Perry, P.A., Stuart, FL; Debra Cristello, ACP, CFLA, Venice, FL; Mark Workman, Miami, FL; Mark F. Grant, L. Geoffrey Young, Carol D. Holler and John E. Bibish, IV, of Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster and Russell, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL; Rabian M. Brook, III, Guy P. Coburn, V. James Dickson, Cary Cash, Justin R. Zinzow, Dara M. van Dijk, and Ricia Jastrow, of Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster and Russell, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL; P. Kevin Seamon, St. Augustine, FL; Jill S. Greene, and Ivonne Santos of Gunster, Yoakley and Stewart, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL; Wendy E. Murnan, CP, LPI, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Maria Martella, Paralegal, of Holland and Knight, Fort Lauderdale, FL; James E. Messer, Jr., and Claire C. Davis, CP, Fonvielle, Lewis, Foote and Messer, Tallahassee, FL; Paula Albright, CP, Port Saint Lucie, FL; Richard M. Treiser, Susan R. Healy, C. Richard Mancini, Craig A. Goddy, Tracy L. Coghill, Christopher J. Thornton, and Diane L. Tierney, PLS, CP, Treiser, Collins, and Vernon, Naples, FL; Penny W. Bell, ACP, Cocoa, FL; Andrew M. Fussner, American Heart Association, St. Petersburg, FL; Michelle Sanderson, CLA, Miami, FL; Nancy N. Beaty, MA, CP, Wicker, Smith, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham and Ford, P.A., Naples, FL; Jeannene Cox, CLA, Premier Title of Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL; Gina Hanel, ACP, Melbourne, FL; Barbara R. Willen, CLA, Miami, FL; Sally Feaman, CP, Boynton Beach, FL; Jaime Stevenson Fernandez, CLA, Palm Beach, FL; Jenny Lawton Seal, Indialantic, FL; James M. Nicholas, Satellite Beach, FL; Hannah L. Wilson, North Miami, FL; Nandra R. Ramnarine, Melbourne, FL; Jennifer A. Hartman, Palm Bay, FL; DeRonda Luciano, Naples, FL; Johnna A. Phillips, President, Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL; Yudi R. Gonzalez-Smith, Miami Lakes, FL; Timothy P. Shusta and Michael Ashy of Phelps and Dunbar, LLP, Tampa, FL; John D. Spear, Bonita Springs, FL; Patricia Tassinari, CP, CFLA, Tallahassee, FL; Doris Rachles, Chair, Legal Studies, South University, West Palm Beach, FL; Barbara J. Paulson, CP, Tallahassee, FL; Linda Marsh, Jacksonville, FL; Carl L. Griffin, Orlando, FL; Sherry C. Ingram, Royal Palm Beach, FL; Margaret J. Averill, ACP, CFLA, Vero Beach, FL; Denise I. Dimond, CLA, CFLA, Riverview, FL; J.R. Nunn and Joel Cornfeld, CSX Transportation, Jacksonville, FL; Gregg W. McClosky, Ronald E. D'Anna, and Marianne A. Smith of McClosky, D'Anna and Dieterle, LLP, Boca Raton, FL; Jennifer A. Kelley, CP, CFLA, Tampa, FL; Francine Shay, CP, West Palm Beach, FL; Susan L. Priess, CP, CFLA, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Deborah A. Repass, AACP, RP, Fountain Hills, Arizona; Nancy C. Murphy, CP, Tallahassee, FL; Christine Raymond, CLA, Miami, FL; Mary-Lou George, ACP, CFLA, Seminole, FL; Patricia C. DeRamus, CP, Wellington, FL; Pamela K. Bailey, Tallahassee, FL; Mark Raafat Malek and Christina B. Sutch of The Torpy Group, Melbourne, FL; Norma I. Zengotita, Melbourne, FL; Robert Jason Richards of Aylstock, Witkin and Sasser, PLC, Pensacola, FL; Suzanne M. Lomascolo, CP, Palm Harbor, FL; Teresa A. Smith, CP, Gulfport, FL; Joni J. Mann, CP, Largo, FL; Priscilla E. Carroll, CP, Indian Rocks Beach, FL; Nancy B. Coats, CP, Dade City, FL; Sandra L. Eckstorm, CP, Pinellas Park, FL; Cynthia G. Stephens, CP, St. Petersburg, FL; Jo M. Flower, CP, Safety Harbor, FL; Chrystal Lunsford, CP, St. Petersburg, FL; Karen A. Caco, International Immigration Services, P.A., Naples, FL; John S. Shaheen, Vice President, American Institute for Paralegal Studies, Inc., Downers Grove, IL; Susan K. Goelz, CP, New Port Richey, FL; James L. Butts, LLC, Satellite Beach, FL; Shelly Guay, CP, Cocoa, FL; Linda H. O'Steen, ACP, Tallahassee, FL; Lisa B. Vessels, CP, Miami, FL; Kenneth J. Kukec, the South Florida Paralegal Association, Miami, FL; Catherine M. Goe, CP, Miami, FL; Bonnie L. Guinter, CP, McCarthy, Summers, Bobko, Wood, Sawyer and Perry, P.A., Stuart, FL; Vivian S. Fusco, CLA, Miami, FL; Vera Long, ACP, Jupiter, FL; Gene Wakefield, CLA, Miami, FL; Connie Schiraldi, ACP, Lake Worth, FL; Mark Workman, CP, Miami, FL; Lisa B. Vessels, CP, Miami, FL; and Mary Katherine Day-Petrano, Clearwater, FL, Responding with comments.


PER CURIAM.

This matter is before the Court on the petition of The Florida Bar proposing that the Court amend the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar by adopting chapter 20, the Florida Registered Paralegal Program. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. We adopt the proposed rules with only minor stylistic changes.

BACKGROUND

The Bar undertook its study of the issue of paralegal certification or registration in 2005 when legislation...

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