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DOE v. FLORIDA BAR

No. 10-11974 Non-Argument Calendar.

630 F.3d 1336 (2011)

Lawyer DOE, Plaintiff, Carolyn S. Zisser, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The FLORIDA BAR, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 19, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Sheppard , D. Gray Thomas , Sheppard, White & Thomas, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Zisser.

Glenn Thomas Burhans, Jr. , Mary Hope Keating , Barry Richard , Karusha Y. Sharpe , Bridget Kellogg Smitha , Greenberg Trauig, LLP, Tallahassee, FL, for The Florida Bar.

Before CARNES, PRYOR and FAY, Circuit Judges.

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

This case reminds us of the observation of the Grand Inquisitor in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers. Upon finding that all ranks of commoners and servants have been promoted to the nobility, he protests that there is a need for distinction, explaining that: "When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody."1 The same is true of a state bar's certification process...

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