IN RE AMEND. TO RULE OF JUD. ADMIN. 2.420

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judge Lisa Davidson, Chair, Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Viera, FL, Scott M. Dimond, Past Chair, Miami, FL; John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL; Judge Judith L. Kreeger, Chair, Committee on Access to Court Records, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, and Jonathan D. Kaney, Jr., Subcommittee on Access to Court Records, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioners.

Carol Jean LoCicero and Deanna K. Shullman of Thomas and LoCicero, PL, on behalf of the Florida Media Organizations, Tampa, FL; Carol M. Touhy and Laura E. Roth, on behalf of Diane M. Matousek, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Deland, FL; Beth C. Weitzner, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, and Robert Dewitt Trammell, General Counsel on behalf of The Florida Public Defender Association, Tallahassee, FL; Barbara A. Petersen, President and Adria E. Harper, Director, on behalf of First Amendment Foundation, Tallahassee, FL; Matthew B. Pollack, on behalf of The Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press, Arlington, VA; Fleur J. Lobree, Chair, H. Scott Fingerhut, Past Chair, Miami, FL, and Thomas H. Bateman, III, Past Chair, Tallahassee, FL, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee; Arthur I. Jacobs, General Counsel, Fernandina Beach, Florida and Penny H. Brill, Assistant State Attorney, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, on behalf of Florida Prosecuting Attorneys; John G. Crabtree, Chair, Key Biscayne, FL, Steven L. Brannock, Past Chair, Holland, and Knight, Tampa, FL, and John S. Mills, Past Chair, Jacksonville, FL, on behalf of the Appellate Court Rules Committee; Irene G. Plank, Director of Court Services, Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Sarasota, FL, on behalf of Karen E. Rushing, Clerk of Circuit Court and County Comptroller, Sarasota County; Mark Martinez, Chief, Family Court Division, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, on behalf of Harvey Ruvin, Clerk of Courts, Miami-Dade County; Stanford R. Solomon, Chair, Special Joint Committee on Rule 2.420, Tampa, FL, Responding with comments.