Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 4-7.22 - Lawyer Referral Services
September 24, 2015175 So. 3d 779
Summary
The court rejected the Florida Bar's proposed amendments to the lawyer-referral-services rule because for-profit services owned or operated by nonlawyers posed a significant risk of conflicts, misleading conduct, and harm to vulnerable clients. It directed the Bar to propose amendments prohibiting Florida lawyers from accepting referrals from lawyer referral services not owned or operated by a member of the Bar and to review related rules. The Bar was ordered to submit a new petition by May 24, 2016.