R. Regulating Fla. Bar 16-1.5 · Chapter 16. FOREIGN LEGAL CONSULTANCY RULE
WITHDRAWAL OR TERMINATION OF CERTIFICATION
Text — October 1, 2026 edition
Permission to perform services under this chapter ceases immediately on the earliest of the following events:
(a) the filing of a notice by the Supreme Court of Florida stating that permission to perform services under this chapter has been revoked, a copy of which will be mailed by the clerk of the court to The Florida Bar and to the foreign legal consultant, after which the foreign legal consultant has 15 days to request reinstatement for good cause;
(b) the foreign country in which the foreign legal consultant is admitted to practice discontinues having a professional disciplinary system for lawyers that is generally consistent with that of The Florida Bar; or
(c) the failure of the foreign legal consultant to comply with any applicable provisions of this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Added July 23, 1992, effective Jan. 1, 1993 (605 So.2d 252), amended November 9, 2017, effective February 1, 2018 (SC16-1961).
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