In Re AMENDMENTS TO the RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR (BIENNIAL PETITION)

This matter is before the Court on the petition of The Florida Bar proposing amendments to the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar (Bar Rules). See R. Regulating Fla. Bar 1-12.1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

The Bar’s petition in this case proposes amendments to the following Bar Rules: 1-3.3 (Official Bar Name and Contact Information); 1-3.7 (Reinstatement to Membership); 3-5.1 (Types of Discipline; Generally); 3-5.2 (Emergency Suspension and Interim Probation or Interim Placement on the Inactive List for Incapacity not Related to Misconduct); 3-5.3 (Diversion of…