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M.D. Fla. Local Rule 2.02 - Appearance and Withdrawal of a Lawyer — the district court's own Local Rule, verbatim from the court's own per-rule page (Local Rules as amended effective November 1, 2025). Court-level requirement: applies in every M.D. Fla. courtroom alongside any judge-specific preferences.
(a) LEAD COUNSEL. The first paper filed on behalf of a party must designate only one "lead counsel" who — unless the party changes the designation — remains lead counsel throughout the action. (b) APPEARANCE. (1) A lawyer's pleading, motion, or other paper serves as that lawyer's appearance in an action. (2) A party, other than a natural person, can appear through the lawyer only. (3) If a lawyer represents a person in an action, the person can appear through the lawyer only. (c) WITHDRAWAL. If a lawyer appears, the lawyer cannot without leave of court abandon, or withdraw from, the action. (1) To withdraw, a lawyer: (A) must notify each affected client fourteen days before moving to withdraw unless the client consents to withdrawal, and (B) must file a motion to withdraw that includes: (i) a certificate that the lawyer has provided fourteen days' notice to the client or that the client consents to withdrawal and (ii) if withdrawal will result in a person proceeding pro se, the person's mailing address, email address, and telephone number. (2) The withdrawing lawyer — not the lawyer's present or former firm or another lawyer — must move to withdraw unless unable because of an emergency, disability, or death. (3) If withdrawal might cause the continuance of a trial, a lawyer cannot withdraw absent a compelling ethical problem, emergency, disability, or death. (4) A party that discharges a lawyer must obtain substitute counsel in time to comply with the deadlines. A person no longer represented by counsel must comply with the rules and comply with the deadlines. (d) LAW FIRMS. A lawyer changing law firms but remaining as the lawyer in an action need not file a motion but must change the lawyer's contact information.
(a) LEAD COUNSEL. The first paper filed on behalf of a party must designate only one "lead counsel" who — unless the party changes the designation — remains lead counsel throughout the action. (b) APPEARANCE. (1) A lawyer's pleading, motion, or other paper serves as that lawyer
Establishes a Traffic Violations Bureau within the Clerk of the County Court under Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.100(a) (Burnstein, C.J., Nov. 1, 1988).
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Designates the D.W.I. Counterattack School (Broward County Commission on Alcoholism) as an approved school for court-ordered attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).