IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Michael Dimond , Chair, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Miami, Florida, Roger James Haughey, II , Past Chair, Tampa, Florida, Civil Procedure Rules Committee; Eduardo I. Sanchez , Chair, Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, Miami, Florida, Honorable Steven Scott Stephens , Past Chair, Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, Tampa, Florida; Sheila Ann Loizos , Chair, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Jacksonville, Florida, H. Scott Fingerhut , Past Chair, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Coral Gables, Florida; Courtney Rebecca Brewer , Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Tallahassee, Florida, Kristin A. Norse , Past Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Tampa, Florida; and Joshua E. Doyle , Executive Director, Mikalla Andies Davis , Krys Godwin , and Heather Savage Telfer , Staff Liaisons, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioners.

Victoria Katz of Aderant, Culver City, California; Paul R. Regensdorf , Palm City, Florida; Honorable Richard A. Nielsen , Circuit Judge, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa, Florida; Donald E. Christopher of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Orlando, Florida; and Robert M. Eschenfelder , Bradenton, Florida, Responding with Comments.