IN RE AMENDMENTS TO FL. RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMIN.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Crabtree, Chair, Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure Committee, Key Biscayne, Florida, John S. Mills, Past Chair, Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure Committee, Jacksonville, Florida; Judge Lisa Davidson, Chair, Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, Eighteen Judicial Circuit, Viera, Florida, Scott M. Dimond, Past Chair, Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Committee and Katherine E. Giddings of Akerman Senterfitt, Tallahassee, Florida; Judge Robert B. Bennett, Jr., Chair, Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability, Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Sarasota, Florida and Laura Rush, Staff, Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability, Tallahassee, Florida; B. Elaine New, Court Counsel, Sixth Judicial Circuit, and Sherry McDonald, Senior Staff Attorney, St. Petersburg, Florida; and John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Krys Godwin, Staff Liaison to Appellate Rules Committee, and J. Craig Shaw, Staff Liaison to Judicial Administration Committee, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioners.

Thomas C. Saunders, Bartow, Florida, Jennifer Gaul, FCRA President and Susan D. Wasilewski, FCRA President-Elect and FCCRC Chairman, Altamonte Springs, Florida, on behalf of Florida Court Reporters Association; Gregg D. Thomas and Rachel E. Fugate of Thomas and LoCicero, P.L., Tampa, Florida, on behalf of Cox Newspapers, Inc., publisher of The Palm Beach Post, Media General Operations, Inc., d/b/a/ The Tampa Tribune and WFLA-TV, Lakeland Ledger Publishing Corporation, publisher of The Ledger, New York Times Regional Media Group, publisher of the Sarasota herald-Tribune, Gainesville Sun and Ocala Star-Banner, and Sun-Sentinel Company, publisher of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel (collectively the "Florida Media Organizations"); Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Robert Dewitt Trammell, General Counsel, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of Florida Public Defender Association, Inc.; Barbara A. Petersen, President and Adria E. Harper, Director, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of First Amendment Foundation; and Mary Watson, BSN, CPC, Lake Worth, Florida, Responding with comments.