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Click to open document 09/15/2020 Rules PETITION-AMENDMENT TO RULES (FLORIDA BAR) PT Task Force On The Distribution Of Iota Funds BY: CH Mayanne Downs 754900 Final Report of the Task Force on Distribution of Iota Funds with Appendices A-K
10/26/2020 Rules No Fee Required
Click to open document 10/27/2020 Rules ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER-NEW CASE-RULES
Click to open document 11/13/2020 Rules LETTER-BAR NEWS PUBLICATION REQUEST
Click to open document 12/17/2020 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: NP Bryan S. Gowdy 176631 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES ***Amended on December 28, 2020.***
Click to open document 12/18/2020 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Florida'S Children First BY: NP Steven L. Brannock 319651 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES
Click to open document 12/18/2020 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. BY: NP Raymond T. Elligett 261939 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE
Click to open document 12/21/2020 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Innocence Project Of Florida, Inc. BY: NP Elliot H. Scherker 202304 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES
Click to open document 12/21/2020 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: NP John A. Devault 103979 NOTICE OF APPEARANCES AND DESIGNATION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES
Click to open document 12/21/2020 Rules MOTION-EXT OF TIME (MISC) NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: NP Bryan S. Gowdy 176631 UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR 30-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME TO SUBMIT COMMENTS
Click to open document 12/22/2020 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. BY: NP Chris W. Altenbernd 197394 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES
Click to open document 12/23/2020 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP The Florida Bar Foundation BY: NP Sylvia H. Walbolt 33604 NOTICE OF APPEARANCES AND DESIGNATION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES
Click to open document 12/28/2020 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: NP Bryan S. Gowdy 176631 AMENDED NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES
Click to open document 12/29/2020 Rules ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (MISC) The "Unopposed Motion for 30-day Extension of Time to Submit Comments" is hereby granted. Past presidents of The Florida Bar Foundation, and all interested persons may file comments on or before February 3, 2021. Accordingly, the Task Force on the Distribution of IOTA Funds is allowed to and including February 24, 2021, in which to file a response to comments.
Click to open document 12/29/2020 Rules MOTION-TOLL TIME NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: NP Bryan S. Gowdy 176631
Click to open document 12/30/2020 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Florida Civil Legal Aid Association BY: NP Thomas D. Hall 310751 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES
Click to open document 12/31/2020 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP The Florida Bar Foundation BY: NP George E. Schulz 169507 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES
Click to open document 01/27/2021 Rules NOTICE-WITHDRAWAL NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: WE Barry S. Richard 105599
Click to open document 01/27/2021 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: NP Raoul G. Cantero 552356 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF ADDITIONAL COUNSEL AND DESIGNATION OF E-MAIL ADDRESSES
Click to open document 01/29/2021 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP The Florida Bar Standing Committee On Pro Bono Legal Services tfb BY: NP Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik 191620 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE
Click to open document 01/29/2021 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP The Florida Bar Business Law Section BY: NP John B. Macdonald 230340 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF E-MAIL ADDRESSES
Click to open document 01/29/2021 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP The Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association fpbca BY: NP Katherine E. Giddings 949396 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE
Click to open document 02/01/2021 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Florida Civil Legal Aid Association BY: NP Robert Bradley 96946 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF EMAIL ADDRESS
Click to open document 02/01/2021 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Southern Legal Counsel, Inc. BY: NP Michael March Brownlee 68332 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE
Click to open document 02/02/2021 Rules MOTION-EXT OF TIME (MISC) NP Florida Civil Legal Aid Association BY: NP Thomas D. Hall 310751
Click to open document 02/03/2021 Rules ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (MISC) The "Unopposed Motion for One-Week Extension of Time to File Comments" is hereby granted. Florida Civil Legal Aid Association, Southern Legal Counsel, Inc., Innocence Project of Florida, Florida's Children First, Inc., a group of Past Presidents of The Florida Bar, a group of Past Presidents of The Florida Bar Foundation, The Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association, and all interested persons may file comments on or before February 10, 2021. Accordingly, the Task Force on the Distribution of IOTA Funds is allowed to and including March 3, 2021, in which to file a response to comments.
Click to open document 02/05/2021 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Florida Civil Legal Aid Association BY: NP Bailey Howard 1002258 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES
Click to open document 02/09/2021 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP The Florida Bar Public Interest Law Section PILS BY: NP Anthony Charles Musto 207535 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND DESIGNATION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES
Click to open document 02/09/2021 Rules NOTICE-APPEARANCE NP Texas Access To Justice Foundation BY: NP Christopher V. Carlyle 991007 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS COUNSEL AND NOTICE AS TO SERVICE OF PLEADINGS VIA EMAIL
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. BY: NP Raymond T. Elligett 261939 BAY AREA LEGAL SERVICES' COMMENTS TO THE FINAL REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE ON DISTRIBUTION OF IOTA FUNDS
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT NP Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. BY: NP Raymond T. Elligett 261939 REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP The Florida Bar Foundation BY: NP Peter D. Webster 185180 THE FLORIDA BAR FOUNDATION'S COMMENTS ON THE FINAL REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE ON DISTRIBUTION OF IOTA FUNDS
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT NP The Florida Bar Foundation BY: NP Peter D. Webster 185180 THE FLORIDA BAR FOUNDATION'S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP Texas Access To Justice Foundation BY: NP Christopher V. Carlyle 991007 COMMENT BY TEXAS ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: NP Bryan S. Gowdy 176631 COMMENT OF THE PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA BAR FOUNDATION TO THE FINAL REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE ON RULE 5-1.1(g) TRUST ACCOUNTS
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules APPENDIX-COMMENTS NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: NP Bryan S. Gowdy 176631 Appendix to Comment filed by Past Presidents of TFB-Gowdy
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: NP Bryan S. Gowdy 176631 REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT BY THE PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA BAR FOUNDATION
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: NP Raoul G. Cantero 552356 COMMENTS OF 34 PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA BAR ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR 5-1.1(g)- INTEREST ON TRUST ACCOUNTS (IOTA) PROGRAM
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: NP Raoul G. Cantero 552356 REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP Southern Legal Counsel, Inc. BY: NP Michael March Brownlee 68332 COMMENTS OF SOUTHERN LEGAL COUNSEL ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO RULE REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT NP Southern Legal Counsel, Inc. BY: NP Michael March Brownlee 68332 SOUTHERN LEGAL COUNSEL, INC'S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP The Florida Bar Business Law Section BY: NP John B. Macdonald 230340 COMMENTS OF BUSINESS LAW SECTION OF THE FLORIDA BAR TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RULE 5-1.1(g), RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT NP The Florida Bar Business Law Section BY: NP John B. Macdonald 230340 BUSINESS LAW SECTION OF THE FLORIDA BAR REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP Innocence Project Of Florida, Inc. BY: NP Elliot H. Scherker 202304 COMMENTS OF THE INNOCENCE PROJECT OF FLORIDA, INC.
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT NP Innocence Project Of Florida, Inc. BY: NP Elliot H. Scherker 202304 THE INNOCENCE PROJECT OF FLORIDA, INC.'S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP The Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association fpbca BY: NP Katherine E. Giddings 949396 COMMENTS ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR 5-1.1(g)- INTEREST ON TRUST ACCOUNTS (IOTA) PROGRAM
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT NP The Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association fpbca BY: NP Katherine E. Giddings 949396 THE FLORIDA PRO BONO COORDINATORS ASSOCIATION'S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP The Florida Bar Public Interest Law Section PILS BY: NP Anthony Charles Musto 207535 COMMENTS OF THE FLORIDA BAR PUBLIC INTEREST LAW SECTION
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP The Florida Bar Standing Committee On Pro Bono Legal Services tfb BY: NP Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik 191620 PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE OF THE FLORIDA BAR'S COMMENTS ON THE FINAL REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE ON DISTRIBUTION OF IOTA FUNDS PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO RULE 5-1.1(g), RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT NP The Florida Bar Standing Committee On Pro Bono Legal Services tfb BY: NP Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik 191620 REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT NP Florida'S Children First BY: NP Steven L. Brannock 319651 FLORIDA CHILDREN FIRST, INC.'S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP Florida'S Children First BY: NP Steven L. Brannock 319651 FLORIDA'S CHILDREN FIRST'S COMMENTS TO THE FINAL REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE ON DISTRIBUTION OF IOTA FUNDS
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS NP Florida Civil Legal Aid Association BY: NP Thomas D. Hall 310751 COMMENT OF THE FLORIDA CIVIL LEGAL AID ASSOCIATION
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules APPENDIX-COMMENTS NP Florida Civil Legal Aid Association BY: NP Thomas D. Hall 310751 APPENDIX TO COMMENT OF THE FLORIDA CIVIL LEGAL AID ASSOCIATION
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT NP Florida Civil Legal Aid Association BY: NP Thomas D. Hall 310751 FLORIDA CIVIL LEGAL AID ASSOCIATION'S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Click to open document 02/10/2021 Rules COMMENTS OP National Legal Aid & Defender Association BY: OP Radhika M. Singh COMMENTS BY THE NATIONAL LEGAL AID & DEFENDER ASSOCIATION ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
Click to open document 03/03/2021 Rules RESPONSE PT Task Force On The Distribution Of Iota Funds BY: CH Mayanne Downs 754900 TASK FORCE ON DISTRIBUTION OF IOTA FUNDS RESPONSE TO COMMENTS
Click to open document 03/03/2021 Rules APPENDIX-RESPONSE PT Task Force On The Distribution Of Iota Funds BY: CH Mayanne Downs 754900 Appendix A
Click to open document 03/03/2021 Rules APPENDIX-RESPONSE PT Task Force On The Distribution Of Iota Funds BY: CH Mayanne Downs 754900 Exhibit 1
Click to open document 03/09/2021 Rules ORDER-OA SCHED (RULES) The above case is hereby scheduled for oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Forty minutes is allocated for oral argument. Parties are expected to use only as much time as is actually needed. The proponent of any change and any party filing a comment with The Florida Bar prior to the filing of the report or with this Court are invited to participate in oral argument, provided a proper request for oral argument is filed with this Court on or before Monday, March 29, 2021. If a party wishing to participate in oral argument has already filed a separate request for oral argument pursuant to the Court's publication notice, no further action is needed. The allocation of time must be agreed upon by the parties and shared by any interested parties who have requested oral argument. The parties must notify the Clerk of Court no later than Monday, April 19, 2021, how the time is to be divided. The proposed amendments have been posted to the Court's website (http://www.floridasupremecourt.org) via the Online Docket. NO CONTINUANCES WILL BE GRANTED EXCEPT UPON A SHOWING OF EXTREME HARDSHIP.
Click to open document 03/10/2021 Rules REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT PT Task Force On The Distribution Of Iota Funds BY: CH Mayanne Downs 754900 TASK FORCE ON DISTRIBUTION OF IOTA FUNDS REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN ORAL ARGUMENT
Click to open document 03/11/2021 Rules ORDER-ORAL ARGUMENT RESCHEDULE At the direction of the Court, the above case, which was scheduled for oral argument on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, has been rescheduled for oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. The filing deadlines set forth in this Court's March 9, 2021, order remain unchanged.
Click to open document 03/15/2021 Rules MOTION-REPLY FILING TO RESPONSE NP Florida Civil Legal Aid Association BY: NP Thomas D. Hall 310751 FLORIDA CIVIL LEGAL AID ASSOCIATION'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE REPLY TO THE RESPONSE FILED BY THE TASK FORCE TO COMMENTS FILED BY INTERESTED PARTIES
Click to open document 03/24/2021 Rules RESPONSE PT Task Force On The Distribution Of Iota Funds BY: CH Mayanne Downs 754900 TASK FORCE ON DISTRIBUTION OF IOTA FUNDS RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUR REPLY
Click to open document 03/26/2021 Rules ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE GR The "Florida Civil Legal Aid Association's Motion for Leave to File Reply to the Response Filed by the Task Force to Comments Filed by Interested Parties" is hereby granted. The commenters are allowed to and including April 5, 2021, in which to file their reply to the Task Force's response filed March 3, 2021.
Click to open document 04/05/2021 Rules REPLY TO RESPONSE NP Florida Civil Legal Aid Association BY: NP Thomas D. Hall 310751 REPLY OF THE FLORIDA CIVIL LEGAL AID ASSOCIATION TO THE RESPONSE OF THE TASK FORCE TO COMMENTS REGARDING RULE 5-1.1(g)
Click to open document 04/05/2021 Rules APPENDIX-REPLY NP Florida Civil Legal Aid Association BY: NP Thomas D. Hall 310751 APPENDIX TO REPLY OF THE FLORIDA CIVIL LEGAL AID ASSOCIATION TO THE RESPONSE OF THE TASK FORCE TO COMMENTS REGARDING RULE 5-1.1(g)
Click to open document 04/06/2021 Rules NOTICE NP The Florida Bar Standing Committee On Pro Bono Legal Services tfb BY: NP Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik 191620 NOTICE OF JOINING REPLY
Click to open document 04/07/2021 Rules NOTICE NP The Florida Bar Public Interest Law Section PILS BY: NP Anthony Charles Musto 207535 NOTICE OF JOINING REPLY BY THE FLORIDA BAR PUBLIC INTEREST LAW SECTION
Click to open document 04/07/2021 Rules NOTICE NP The Florida Bar Business Law Section BY: NP John B. Macdonald 230340 NOTICE OF JOINING REPLY
Click to open document 04/09/2021 Rules NOTICE NP The Florida Bar Foundation BY: NP Peter D. Webster 185180 NOTICE OF JOINING REPLY
Click to open document 04/19/2021 Rules NOTICE NP Past Presidents Of The Florida Bar Foundation tfb BY: NP Bryan S. Gowdy 176631 AGREED ORAL ARGUMENT ALLOCATION OF TIME
05/05/2021 Rules ORAL ARGUMENT HELD
Click to open document 05/06/2021 Rules NOTICE-SCRIVENER'S ERROR PT Task Force On The Distribution Of Iota Funds BY: BLA Elizabeth Clark Tarbert 861294 TASK FORCE ON DISTRIBUTION OF IOTA FUNDS NOTICE OF SCRIVENER'S ERROR
Click to open document 05/06/2021 Rules APPENDIX-RULES PT Task Force On The Distribution Of Iota Funds BY: BLA Elizabeth Clark Tarbert 861294 Appendix A
Click to open document 05/07/2021 Rules NOTICE NP The Florida Bar Foundation BY: NP Peter D. Webster 185180 The Florida Bar Foundation's Notice of Supplemental Information in Response to Questions of Court Regarding the Foundation's Position On Possible Rule Changes
Click to open document 05/11/2021 Rules COMMENTS SUPPLEMENTAL NP Florida Civil Legal Aid Association BY: NP Thomas D. Hall 310751 Non-Argumentative Supplement To Comment By Florida Civil Legal Aid Association
Click to open document 05/12/2021 Rules MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE PT Task Force On The Distribution Of Iota Funds BY: BLA Elizabeth Clark Tarbert 861294 TASK FORCE ON DISTRIBUTION OF IOTA FUNDS MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE NOTICE OF SCRIVENER'S ERROR
Click to open document 05/12/2021 Rules MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE NP Florida Civil Legal Aid Association BY: NP Thomas D. Hall 310751 Florida Civil Legal Aid Association's Motion for Leave to File Non-Argumentative Supplement To Comment By Florida Civil Legal Aid Association
Click to open document 05/12/2021 Rules MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE NP The Florida Bar Foundation BY: NP Peter D. Webster 185180 The Florida Bar Foundation's Motion for Leave to File Post-Argument Supplemental Information in Response to Questions of Court Regarding the Foundation's Position On Possible Rule Changes
Click to open document 05/13/2021 Rules ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE GR The Task Force on Distribution of IOTA Funds' motion for leave to file notice of scrivener's error is hereby granted, and the notice of scrivener's error filed by The Task Force on Distribution of IOTA Funds was filed with this Court on May 6, 2021.
Click to open document 05/13/2021 Rules ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE GR Florida Civil Legal Aid Association's Motion for Leave to File Non-Argumentative Supplement To Comment is hereby granted, and the Non-Argumentative Supplement To Comment By Florida Civil Legal Aid Association was filed with this Court on May 11, 2021.
Click to open document 05/14/2021 Rules ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE GR The Florida Bar Foundation's Motion for Leave to File Post-Argument Supplemental Information in Response to Questions of Court Regarding the Foundation's Position On Possible Rule Changes is hereby granted, and The Florida Bar Foundation's Notice of Supplemental Information in Response to Questions of Court Regarding the Foundation's Position On Possible Rule Changes was filed with this Court on May 7, 2021.
Click to open document 06/18/2021 Rules DISP-AMENDED/ADOPTED FSC-OPINION: The Rules Regulating the Florida Bar are hereby amended as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type. The amendments become effective on July 1, 2021, at 12:01 a.m.
Click to open document 07/16/2021 Rules PUBLISH FULL