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26 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2004-23 (a further document filed under the same order number).
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2004-23 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-26; whitespace normalised only. • The registry shall be x comprised ofcoimsel available for appointment in non~capital criminal cases and certain civil cases, • The Indigent Services Committee shall maintain the registry by county and by category of cases. • The Fourth Circuit Indigent Services Committee shall meet at least quarterly and shall review all applications by counsel to be placed on the registry. • Services Committee shall establish such forms as the committee feels necessary to the fulfillment of their responsibility to ensure that only qualified counsel are placed on the registry. • After January l, 2005, all counsel wishing to be placed on the registry must complete written application for consideration by the lndigent Services Committee. 2 4. • To be placed on the registry, counsel must certify that they meet any minimum • Counsel must also certify that they are available to represent indigent defendants in all cases • Failure to comply with this notice requirement shall be cause for removal from the registry until the requirement is fulfilled. • The Court Administrator, in behalf of the indigent Services Committee, shall be responsible for the permanent maintenance of the registry and for preparing such reports as may be a required by the Justice Administrative Commission or other agency. • The registry shall be maintained by county and by category of case in which counsel are qualified. • Functional sub- registries shall be maintained in each county and shall be administered by the Chief Judge, the • In accordance with the provisions of §27.40(3)(b), counsel shall be appointed in rotation in the order in which their names appear on the applicable registry. • Any attomey not appointed in the order in which his or her name appears on the list shall remain next in order. • A written log shall be maintained documenting appointments from the registry • Counsel shall be placed on the registry in accordance with the category of cases in which they are qualified. • MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS a) Non-capital criminal cases, counsel must: i l. • To remain on the registry, counsel must attend a minimtun of ten (10) hours of Florida Bar approved Continuing g Legal Education devoted to criminal law for each twenty—four (24) month period alter placement on the registry. • To remain on ° the registry, for each twenty-four (24) month period thereafter counsel must attend a minimum of ten (l0) hours of Florida Bar approved Continuing Legal Education devoted to criminal law. ié 3. • Shall have been a member ofthe Florida Bar for at least three (3) years and have had experience in the appeal of at least tive (5) criminal cases or five (5) state or federal jury trials as first or second chair. h) Dependency cases, counsel must: l. • To remain on the registry, counsel shall obtain at least six (6) hours of such Continuing Legal Education within each two (2) years alter appointment. • Have observed a total of thirty (3 0) hours of hearings, including six (6) shelter hearings, three (3) contested adjudicatory hearings, and one (l) contested termination of parental rights trial. i) Termination of Parental Rights, counsel must: i l. • To remain on the registry, counsel shall obtain at least six (6) 2 hours of such Continuing Legal Education within each two (2) years atter appointment. fu "`° • Have tried at least ten (10) contested dependencycases and three (3) contested termination lll of parental rights cases as lead or co-counsel. ° j) Dependency Appeals, counsel must: • Have at least three (3) years of experience in dependency or appellate law and must have »·• • This Administrative Order shall be recorded in the Official Records ofDuval, s • Clay and Nassau Counties in the State ofFlorida and certified copies shall be fumished by the Clerks of each Court to each local Bar Association.
The registry shall be x comprised ofcoimsel available for appointment in non~capital criminal cases and certain civil cases,
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 267518df7556e057488528586d443bfa42cee1aa66610fa14fb87c185c43e29f. Extracted from the order's own text layer. One of several documents the Clerk publishes under order number 2004-23.
18 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., M-2018-65 — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
13 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., Interpreter Services – English — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
25 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2022-004.