In many foreign countries, some of which we dismiss as "backwater dictatorships" an acquittal or dismissal by a court results in an appeal. Many times the charges are reinstated.
Add Florida to the list of "backwater dictatorships" when it comes to Judicial Bar Complaints, by judges, against lawyers, in which a duly empaneled Bar Committee dismisses the judicial complaint as nothing more than arrant hogwash
Apparently our judges could not live with non-judges dismissing their complaints. "They're not judges, so what do they know?" was the reasoning we imagine was bandied about.
So now we have Bar Rule 3-7.18 which will require the Board of Governors of the Florida Bar and potentially the Florida Supreme Court to review all dismissals of Bar complaints initiated by the high and mighty that wear black robes to work. We say "potentially" as to the Florida Supreme Court, because in bureaucratic speak, that means they are trying to wiggle out of more work.
Bar Complaint: "Rumpole accused the entire Florida Supreme Court of trying to wiggle out of work."
Bar Committee: "Dismissed. Free Speech. A satirical blog. We like reading him, etc."
Case referred to... the Florida Supreme Court. Oh, that's nice. The victims adjudicating the case. A Dade County State Attorney dream come true.
So now, like Iran, North Korea, China, Venezuela, and other bastions of due process, which Florida now joins in respect to how they treat attorneys, a dismissal of a Bar complaint means little when you offend someone with a B...I.....G ego. Emphasize big.
Just wondering if the door will swing the other way, when a lawyer files a JQC complaint that is dismissed? Will those get reviewed as well? Let's put it this way. While we were just about the only ones smart enough Sunday morning to tell you that the Lions would win their first game of the season, the chances of Judges and the Supreme Court allowing review of dismissal of judicial complaints is the same or less than the Lions winning the super bowl this year.
9 comments:
I won 3250 yesterday, more than my take home PD salary, on Rumpole's picks (including a very scary 600 bet on the money line on Detroit) and some parlays like Dolphins/over/Over Jets-Philly/Cardinals, and now I am seriously considering letting it all ride on the Bills tonight. Thoughts? And yes, boy am I underpaid.
Satirical blog?? Never really thought of it like that, although your overwrought covid panic certainly qualifies.
Of course it’s satirical. No serious blog would allow a clown like you to post anything. Btw make sure YOU do not wear a mask and for sure do not get any vaccines.
What sort of doddering old fool of a judge has to refer a lawyer to the bar to get some action? A real judge would say the magic words, “is there any reason I should not hold you in contempt,” and solve the problem right then and there.
What this measure shows is what a bunch of gutless cowards currently occupy the bench in Florida.
Kid
I do not wear masks nor does anyone I see on the streets anymore.
Scamdemic
Judges like many are tired of the Florida Bar dismissing valid complaints but, that rule goes too far.
Third DCA fries another lawyer. Anybody know Julio Marrero?
https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2021/12/07/this-guy-is-a-walking-violation-miami-attorney-likely-to-face-disciplinary-action-after-appellate-ruling/
What amazed me in reading the new rule, soon to take effect, was that a committee of lawyers proposed it to the Court. The commenter at 3.44 (Kissimmee Kid) has a valid point.
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