IN RE RULE REGULATING FLA. BAR

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayanne Downs , Chair, Orlando, Florida, Karen J. Ladis , Miami, Florida, Laird A. Lile , Naples, Florida, Hala A. Sandridge , Tampa, Florida, Honorable Edwin A. Scales, III , Miami, Florida, John M. Stewart , Vero Beach, Florida, M. Scott Thomas , Task Force on Distribution of IOTA Funds, Jacksonville, Florida, Joshua E. Doyle , Executive Director, and Elizabeth Clark Tarbert , Ethics Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

Chris W. Altenbernd of Banker Lopez Gassier P.A., Tampa, Florida, and Raymond T. Elligett Jr. of Buell & Elligett, P.A., on behalf of Bay Area Legal Services, Inc., Tampa, Florida; Sylvia H. Walbolt and Peter D. Webster of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Miami, Florida, and Joshua Herington Roberts and George E. Schulz, Jr. of Holland & Knight, LLP, on behalf of The Florida Bar Foundation, Jacksonville, Florida; Christopher V. Carlyle of The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, on behalf of Texas Access for Justice Foundation, Orlando, Florida; Bryan S. Gowdy of Creed & Gowdy, P.A., on behalf of Past Presidents of The Florida Bar Foundation, Jacksonville, Florida; Raoul G. Cantero of White & Case LLP, Jacksonville, Florida, and John A. DeVault III of Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, on behalf of 34 Former Presidents of The Florida Bar, Miami, Florida; Michael March Brownlee of The Brownlee Law Firm, Orlando, Florida, and Jodi Siegel , on behalf of Southern Legal Counsel, Inc., Gainesville, Florida; John B. Macdonald , on behalf of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar, Jacksonville, Florida; Elliot H. Scherker of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., on behalf of The Innocence Project of Florida, Inc. Miami, Florida; Katherine E. Giddings and Kristen M. Fiore of Akerman LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, Christine B. Gardner of Akerman LLP, West Palm Beach, Florida, Gerald B. Cope Jr. of Akerman LLP, Miami, Florida, and Samantha Howell of Southern Legal Counsel, Inc., on behalf of the Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association, Gainesville, Florida; Anthony Charles Musto , on behalf of The Florida Bar Public Interest Law Section, Hallandale Beach, Florida; Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik of DPW Legal, on behalf of the Pro Bono Legal Services Committee of The Florida Bar, Tampa, Florida; Steven L. Brannock and Torri D. Macarages of Brannock Humphries & Berman, on behalf of Florida's Children First, Tampa, Florida; John S. Mills and Thomas D. Hall of Bishop & Mills, PLLC, Jacksonville, Florida, Bailey Howard of Bishop & Mills, PLLC, Tallahassee, Florida, and Robert Bradley Jr. of Bradley, Garrison & Komando, on behalf of Florida Civil Legal Aid Association, Orange Park, Florida; and Radhika M. Singh on behalf of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association, Washington, District of Columbia; Responding with comments.