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23 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2013-09 (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 2013-09 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-26; whitespace normalised only. • WHEREAS, the Fourth Judicial Circuit’s Local Professionalism Panel must abide by the guidelines and procedures of the recently adopted Code for Resolving Professionalism Referrals and, accordingly, Administrative Order No. 2013-09 must be amended to reflect this change. • The Fourth Judicial Circuit’s Local Professionalism Panel (Panel) shall provide a voluntary informal peer-to-peer mentoring process for addressing instances of unprofessional conduct separate and apart from instances of misconduct that require the formal grievance process. • The Chief Judge shall create and maintain in continuous operation a Local Professionalism Panel. • The Panel shall be composed of at least five (5) members, including the Chairperson. • The members of the Panel shall be comprised of at least one (1) judge from Clay County, Duval • County,‘ and Nassau County, and at least two (2) local attomeys who are in good standing with The Florida Bar and eligible to practice law from diverse areas of practice with varying levels of experience, but must have practiced law for at least five (5) years. • A member may be reappointed to serve one (1) additional three (3)-year term, not to exceed six (6) consecutive years. • The Chief Judge shall facilitate the promotion and education of the lawyers in the Fourth Judicial Circuit about the Panel through a Continuing Legal • Panel members shall undergo training by experienced lawyers involved in The Florida Bar’s disciplinary process prior to serving on the Panel. . • Every other year, begimring in 2023, the Chairperson of the Panel or designee must meet in person or through remote conferencing to review the Code for Resolving Professionalism Referrals to discuss the policies and procedures used by the circuits, to recommend changes to the Florida Supreme • The Panel shall be independent of The:Florida Bar and shall informally resolve referrals of claimed unprofessional conduct by lawyers practicing in the Fourth Judicial Circuit. • Rather, the Panel shall receive, screen, and act on referrals of unprofessional conduct and address those referrals infonnally, if possible, or refer those cases to The Florida Bar for a formal investigation. • The fonn shall be limited to two (2) pages, exclusive of exhibits, and is found on the Jacksonville Bar • The form shall be limited to two (2) pages, exclusive of exhibits and is found on the Jacksonville Bar Association’s website. • Upon receipt of a referral from an attomey, non-attomey, or ACAP, the Chairperson of the Panel shall review the request. • Panel members, and if the matter is referred to the Panel, the Chairperson shall address a letter to the respondent attorney that notifies the respondent attorney of the referral. • Any letter sent by the Panel to the respondent attorney, requesting that the attorney appear before the Panel, shall identify the conduct alleged to be unprofessional. • The letter shall include a complete reference to the standards the attorney is alleged to have violated. • The Panel shall endeavor to resolve all referrals within forty-five (45) days of receiving the referral from the Panel’s Administrator. • Participation and successful completion of the Panel’s - recommendations shall not result in the imposition of sanctions or discipline‘. • All Panel members, the referring party, and the respondent attorney shall sign a statement acknowledging that all information disclosed during the Panel process is confidential and shall not be disclosed to anyone except other Panel members, the referring party, and the respondent attomey. ' • This Amended Administrative Order No. 2013-09 shall be recorded by the Clerk of the • Court, in the Official’Records of Duval County, in the State of Florida, and shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect unless and until otherwise ordered by the Court.
WHEREAS, the Fourth Judicial Circuit’s Local Professionalism Panel must abide by the guidelines and procedures of the recently adopted Code for Resolving Professionalism Referrals and, accordingly, Administrative Order No. 2013-09 must be amended to reflect this change.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: c29bbbfab462d6075a2cbe1d34074b71a3cc6643ae3fe36a90e65d11fb598891. Extracted from the order's own text layer. One of several documents the Clerk publishes under order number 2013-09.
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.