IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BAR

No. SC16-1470.

238 So.3d 164 (2018)

IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO the RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR — SUBCHAPTER 4-7 (LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICES).

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 8, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua E. Doyle , Executive Director, Michael J. Higer , President, Michelle R. Suskauer , President-elect, Michael S. Hooker , Chair, Carl B. Schwait , Past Chair, Board Review Committee on Professional Ethics, John Mitchell Stewart , Chair, Board Technology Committee, Lori S. Holcomb , Director, Division of Ethics and Consumer Protection, and Elizabeth Clark Tarbert , Ethics Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

Bill Wagner , Tampa, Florida; Timothy P. Chinaris , on behalf of 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee; Charles A. Morehead III , on behalf of Broward County Bar Association, Sunrise, Florida; Charles D. Scott , St. Petersburg, Florida; Josh King , on behalf of Avvo, Inc., Seattle, Washington; Brad Salter and Robert J. Healy of Salter, Healy, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida; and Tom Gordon , on behalf of Responsive Law, Washington, District of Columbia, Responding with comments.


The Florida Bar petitions this Court to amend the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

The Bar proposes comprehensively amending rule 4-7.22 (Lawyer Referral Services), and amending or deleting five other rules as a result of those amendments. The Bar's petition stems from...

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