KELLEY v. KELLEY

No. 4D13-1113.

123 So.3d 692 (2013)

Gordon Phelps KELLEY, III, Petitioner, v. Joanna KELLEY, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate; Joanna Kelley and Northern Trust Bank of Florida, N.A., as Co-Trustees of the Marital Trust created under the 2008 Will; Bank of New York, Camille Weiss and Erret Van Nice, as Co-Trustees of the Gordon P. Kelley, Jr. Agreement; Northern Trust Company, Camille Weiss and Erret Van Nice, as Co-Trustees of the Hortense Henry Prosser Agreement; Amnesty International of the U.S.A., Inc., Cousteau Society; World Wildlife Fund; and the Class of Persons Referenced as "living great-nieces and great-nephews" of the Decedent, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Downey of Downey & Downey, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens , and Law Offices of Ernest A. Burguieres, New Orleans, LA, for petitioner.

Bernard Allen and Frank T. Adams of Katz Barron Squitero Faust, Miami, and Douglas F. Hoffman of Rudolf & Hoffman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for respondents Joanna Kelley, Amnesty International of the U.S.A., Inc., World Wildlife Fund, and The Cousteau Society, Inc.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner challenges an order that denied his Louisiana attorney's motion to appear pro hac vice in the underlying litigation. Because the motion was sufficient, and there were no legally sufficient reasons to deny the motion, we grant the petition for writ of certiorari.

Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.510(a) provides that a foreign attorney must file a verified motion to appear as...

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