17th Judicial Circuit Professionalism Panel Procedures
On July 6, 2023, the Florida Supreme Court replaced the 2013 Code for Resolving Professional Complaints and adopted the Code for Resolving Professionalism Referrals and directed the chief judge of each judicial circuit to create a local professionalism panel to receive, screen, and act on referrals of unprofessional conduct; and address those referrals informally, if possible; or refer those referrals to the Florida Bar for investigation.
Any judicial officer, attorney, or non-attorney who observes conduct on the part of an attorney that he or she believes is inconsistent with the Standards of Professionalism, may request the Panel to consider the matter by completing a referral form and submitting it to the Chairperson of the Panel. For more information, please refer to 2023-29-GEN. A direct link to the referral form can be found here.