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16 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 2010-04.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, Nassau). Administrative orders change without notice; the circuit's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• The Registry shall be maintained by county and category of case for which the attorney is qualified. • To be considered for placement on the Registry, the attorneys shall certify that they have been a member of The Florida Bar in good standing for at least one year, meet any minimum requirements established by general law, this Administrative Order, or other applicable administrative orders of the Fourth Judicial Circuit. • The attorneys must also certify that they are available to represent indigent defendants in all cases requiring court appointment of private counsel (within their category of appointment), and are willing to abide by the terms of the Justice Administrative Commission’s (“J AC”) contract for services.‘ Any attomey who desires to be considered for placement on the Registry, must enter into a contract for services with J AC. • Attorneys approved for placement on the Registry shall be responsible for notifying the Chief Judge or his designee, of any of the following: a. a change of address, telephone number or fax number; b. a change in categories of cases to which he/she is qualified and willing to be assigned; c. any disciplinary action taken against him/her by The Florida Bar; d. that he/ she has become inactive or is unavailable for appointment. • The experience and other qualifications that each attorney must meet to be considered for, and to maintain placement on, the Registry for various areas of practice chosen are specified on the chart attached to Amended Administrative Order 2004-23, as Attachment as A312 4. • Amended Administrative Order 2004-23 and Attachment “A” do not address the qualifications required for an attorney who desires to apply to be court-appointed to cases involving petitions for adjudication of incapacity or guardianship proceedings. • 2Amended Administrative Order 2004-23 and Attachment “A” do not address the required qualifications for an attomey desiring to handle capital trial and capital appellate cases. • If the Court and the Clerk determine that the person is not indigent. or if they are not able to determine whether the person is indigent at the time of appointment, the Court shall appoint a private attorney, and the case may be reassigned if it is later detennined that the person is indigent, at which time the private attorney may seek to recover compensation from the J AC according to Florida Statutes §27.5l 1(6)(c)2. • Pursuant to Florida Statutes § 27.40(6), after court appointment, the attorney must immediately file a notice of appearance with the Court, indicating acceptance of the appointment to represent the incapacitated person. • The OCCCRC must certify whether it will accept the case or if there is a conflict, and if a conflict exists, private counsel from the Registry will be assigned to the case in accordance with the procedures set forth below. • The appointed attorney shall also be appointed as Elisor to serve the Notice of Filing Petition to Determine Incapacity as well as all other pleadings required to be served on the alleged incapacitated person and to file a return of service, showing that the Petition has been served. • In addition to serving the Notice of Filing Petition and all other required pleadings at the time of service, the appointed attomey acting as Elisor shall also ;ea_d the Notice, Petition and all of the pleadings at such time of serving the Notice on the alleged incapacitated person. • Pursuant to Florida Statutes § 27.40(8), and subject to the attomey-client privilege and the work-product privilege, an attorney who withdraws or is removed from representation shall deliver all files, notes, documents, and research to the successor attomey within fifteen (15) days after receiving notice from the successor attorney. • The successor attomey shall bear the cost of transmitting all files, notes, documents, and research. • Pursuant to Florida Statutes §§ 744.331(2)(a) and 27.40(3)(b), the Court shall appoint attorneys in rotating order in the order in which their names appear on the Registry. • Any attorney not appointed in the order in which the attorney’s name appears on the list shall remain next in order.
The Registry shall be maintained by county and category of case for which the attorney is qualified.
Reviewer note: Composed from the clerk's own bytes during the 4th's ledger close 2026-08-03 (sha256 42e983ea27281a78…). Text layer cleaned 2026-09-08 (Phase 3a): page markers removed; wording untouched. Verbatim from the order, captured live 2026-08-03 from the Duval Clerk's store; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
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