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2 Disciplinary L. & Proc. Advance Sheets 1 (1978)

handle is hein.journals/dislwpr2 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 2, Number 1 March, 1978 NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING PETITION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA JANUARY TERM, 1978 MATTER OF INTEREST ON TRUST ACCOUNTS: A PETITION OF THE FLORIDA BAR TO AMEND THE CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE RULES GOVERNING THE PRACTICE OF LAW. CASE NO. 51,182 Opinion filed March 16, 1978 Case of Original Jurisdiction - The Florida Bar Russell Troutman, President of The Florida Bar, Winter Park, Florida; William E. Sherman, Chairman of The Florida Bar Committee, DeLand, Florida; Leonard H. Gilbert, Chairman of The Florida Bar Integration Rule and Bylaw Committee, Tampa, Florida; and Norman A. Faulkner, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, Florida, for The Florida Bar, Petitioner Response to Petition by: Henry P. Trawick, Jr., Sarasota, Florida Russell E. Carlisle, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and Robert L. Travis, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida, for Florida Legal Services, Inc., Amicus Curiae Earle W. Peterson, Jr. of McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Ferris and Gardner, Fort Lauderdale, Florida C. Gary Williams of Ausley, McMullen, McGehee, Carothers and Proctor, Tallahassee, Florida, for Florida Bankers Association, Amicus Curiae James H. Gilbert, Jr. of English, McCaughan and O'Bryan, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and Robert M. Curtis of Saunders, Curtis, Ginestra and Gore, Fort Lauderdale, Florida ENGLAND, J. for the benefit of public interest programs related to the The Board of Governors of The Florida Bar, with legal profession. So far as we can determine, this request the concurrence of the Board of Directors of the Florida is the first of its kind in the United States, although the Bar Foundation, Inc., has petitioned this Court requesting use of clients' trust funds in the manner proposed has that we amend the rules governing the practice of law found acceptance in a number of other English-speaking in Florida to authorize attorneys to invest trust funds jurisdictions. held for clients in order to generate investment income We approve the Board's concept of authorizing in- Editors: James H. Bradner, Jr. and Herbert M. Rosenthal; Contributing Editors: M. L. Proctor and Ronald M. Stovitz; ABA Press Pro- duction Supervisor: Gretta Spier. Published monthly by the Center for Professional Discipline and the Standing Committee on Professional Discipline of the American Bar Association. Address all correspondence to James H. Bradner, Jr., Editor, Disciplinary Law and Procedure Advance Sheets, Cen- ter for Professional Discipline, American Bar Association, 1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, telephone (312) 947-3886. Individual copies $2.50 per Issue; subscription $24.00 per year (12 issues); bulk subscriptions: 5-20 subscriptions to one address $18.00 for each subscription per year, 21 or more subscriptions to one address $9.00 for each subscription per year; microfiche copies $1.00 per Issue. Four weeks' notice required for change of address. Copyright © 1978 American Bar Association. All rights reserved to copyright owner Including rights to reproduce or distribute.

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