Florida Bar re: Advisory Opinion

Pursuant to rule 10-7.1(b) of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, Randy J. Schwartz, Vice President of Legal Affairs of the Florida Association of Realtors, petitioned The Florida Bar Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law (the Standing Committee) for an advisory opinion on the following question:

Whether it constitutes the unlicensed practice of law for a Florida real estate licensee and/or other nonlawyer to draft a residential lease up to one year in duration for another and, if so, whether the practice should be authorized?

We review the proposed advisory opinion1 pursuant…