Title: In Re: COVID-19 Emergency Measures Relating to the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2020 
 
CASE NO.: SC20-392 
 
 
IN RE: COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEASURES RELATING TO THE RULES 
REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In light of the ongoing public health emergency caused by the Coronavirus 
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Court has determined that certain 
requirements under the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar that govern attorney 
discipline, the unauthorized practice of law, and lawyer advertisements should be 
temporarily suspended. 
Accordingly, at the request of The Florida Bar and pursuant to the Court’s 
authority under article V, section 15 of the Florida Constitution: 
IT IS ORDERED that, effective immediately upon the release of this order, 
the following provisions of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar are suspended, 
until further order of the Court: 
1.  All time periods and deadlines in Chapter 3 (Rules of Discipline) of the 
Rules Regulating the Florida Bar for all Florida Bar discipline cases.  
CASE NO.: SC20-392 
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2.  All time periods and deadlines in Chapter 10 (Rules Governing the 
Investigation and Prosecution of the Unlicensed Practice of Law) of the Rules 
Regulating the Florida Bar for all unlicensed practice of law cases. 
3.  The filing and evaluation requirements for lawyer advertisements under 
Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 4-7.19 (Evaluation of Advertisements). 
CANADY, C.J., and POLSTON, LABARGA, LAWSON, and MUÑIZ, JJ., 
concur. 
 
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER THE 
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE MEASURES. 
 
A True Copy 
Test: 
 
 
 
 
so 
Served: 
 
JOSHUA E. DOYLE 
JAMES T. ALMON 
MICHELE A. GAVAGNI 
ELIZABETH CLARK TARBERT