IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO RULE

No. SC18-2019.

274 So.3d 1046 (2019)

IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO RULE REGULATING the FLORIDA BAR 4-7.14.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua E. Doyle , Executive Director, Michelle R. Suskauer , President, John M. Stewart , President-elect, Lori S. Holcomb , Director, Division of Ethics and Consumer Protection, and Elizabeth Clark Tarbert , Ethics Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

Joseph Barry Schimmel and Robert M. Sondak of Cohen, Chase, Hoffman & Schimmel, P.A., Miami, Florida, Responding with comments.


The Florida Bar petitions the Court to amend Rule Regulating the Florida Bar (Bar Rule) 4-7.14 (Potentially Misleading Advertisements). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

The Bar proposes removing the requirement from Bar Rule 4-7.14 that a lawyer must be board certified to claim expertise or specialization...

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