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IN RE AM. TO RULE REG. THE FLA. BAR 4-7.22

No. SC14-2126.

175 So.3d 779 (2015)

In re AMENDMENTS TO RULE REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR 4-7.22 — LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICES.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 24, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Harkness, Jr. , Executive Director, Ramón A. Abadin , President, Gregory William Coleman , Past President, Carl B. Schwait , Chair, Board Review Committee on Professional Ethics, Mary Ellen Bateman , DEUP Division Director, and Elizabeth Clark Tarbert , Ethics Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Timothy Patrick Chinaris , on behalf of 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, LLC, Nashville, TN; Bruce S. Rogow and Tara A. Campion of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, on behalf of 1-800-Ask Gary; Scott Kevork Tozian of Smith, Tozian, Daniel & Davis, Tampa, FL, on behalf of 1-800-Ask Gary; Greg Anthony Zitani of West Coast Law, PLLC, Sarasota, FL, on behalf of 1-800-Ask Gary; and Samuel Grier Wells of GrayRobinson, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, Responding with Comments.

The Florida Bar petitions this Court to amend Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 4-7.22 (Lawyer Referral Services). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

Over the years, for-profit lawyer referral services in Florida have been considered questionable because they generate money for the owner of the service through...

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