The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 454
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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F.S. 454.021

454.021 Attorneys; admission to practice law; Supreme Court to govern and regulate.—

(1) Admissions of attorneys and counselors to practice law in the state is hereby declared to be a judicial function.

(2) The Supreme Court of Florida, being the highest court of said state, is the proper court to govern and regulate admissions of attorneys and counselors to practice law in said state.

¹(3) Upon certification by the Florida Board of Bar Examiners that an applicant who is an unauthorized immigrant who was brought to the United States as a minor; has been present in the United States for more than 10 years; has received documented employment authorization from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS); has been issued a social security number; if a male, has registered with the Selective Service System if required to do so under the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 453; and has fulfilled all requirements for admission to practice law in this state, the Supreme Court of Florida may admit that applicant as an attorney at law authorized to practice in this state and may direct an order be entered upon the court’s records to that effect.

History.—ss. 1, 2, 7, ch. 29796, 1955; s. 10, ch. 61-530; s. 3, ch. 2014-35; s. 8, ch. 2023-40.

¹Note.—

A. Section 8, ch. 2023-40, deleted subsection (3), effective November 1, 2028.

B. Section 9, ch. 2023-40, provides that “[t]he repeal of s. 454.021(3), Florida Statutes, by this act does not affect the validity of any license to practice law issued pursuant to that subsection before November 1, 2028.”

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Amendments to 454.021

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 454.021

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 454.021.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

HUCKE, v. KUBRA DATA TRANSFER LTD. CORP., 160 F. Supp. 3d 1320 (S.D. Fla. 2015)

. . . Stat., and the admission of attorneys to practice law is considered a judicial function, see section 454.021 . . .

VISTA DESIGNS, INC. v. K. SILVERMAN, P. C., 774 So. 2d 884 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . Fla.Stat., and the admission of attorneys to practice law is considered a judicial function, see section 454.021 . . .

C. LaBOSSIERE, v. FLORIDA BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS,, 279 So. 2d 288 (Fla. 1973)

. . . . § 454.021(1), F. S.A. . . .

ROCAFORT, III,, 186 So. 2d 496 (Fla. 1966)

. . . . § 454.021 et seq., F.S.A.), and the Florida Supreme Court has been given exclusive power to prescribe . . .

A. TOWERS, v. S. J. KANNER, E. S. W. W. S. J. C., 260 F.2d 605 (5th Cir. 1958)

. . . . § 454.021, F.S.A. . . .

STATE FLORIDA BAR, v. T. EVANS,, 94 So. 2d 730 (Fla. 1957)

. . . . §§ 454.021, 454.022, and when it proposed for approval the recent amendment to and revision of Section . . .