IN RE DECKER

No. SC14-383.

212 So.3d 291 (2017)

Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 13-25 RE: Andrew J. DECKER, III.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 2, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judge Kerry I. Evander , Chair, Ricardo Morales, III , Past Chair, and Michael Louis Schneider , Executive Director and General Counsel, Tallahassee, Florida; Fred Wallace Pope, Jr. , Special Counsel, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, Clearwater, Florida; Judge Krista Marx , Chair of the Hearing Panel, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; and John R. Beranek , Counsel to the Hearing Panel, Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, Florida, for Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, Petitioner.

Andrew Joseph Decker, IV of The Decker Law Firm, P.A., Live Oak, Florida, and Scott Kevork Tozian and Gwendolyn H. Daniel of Smith, Tozian, Daniel & Davis, P.A., Tampa, Florida, for Judge Andrew J. Decker, III, Respondent.


This matter is before the Court for review of the determination of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) that Circuit Judge Andrew J. Decker, III, has violated certain Florida Bar Rules of Professional Conduct before his judicial campaign and the Code of Judicial Conduct during his judicial campaign. We have jurisdiction.

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