In Re Amendments to the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar

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

The omnibus petition, which proposes new rules and amendments to existing rules, was approved by the Board of Governors. Formal notice of the proposed amendments was published in the September 1, 2008, issue of The Florida Bar News. In the notice, the Bar directed interested parties to file their comments directly with the Court. Thereafter, on October 7, 2008, the Bar filed the…