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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. 454.31
454.31 Practice while disbarred or suspended prohibited.Any person who has been knowingly disbarred and who has not been lawfully reinstated or is knowingly under suspension from the practice of law by any circuit court of the state or by the Supreme Court of the state who practices law in this state or holds himself or herself out as an attorney at law or qualified to practice law in this state commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.s. 1, ch. 18006, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 8133(2); s. 385, ch. 71-136; s. 185, ch. 97-103; s. 2, ch. 2004-287.

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Amendments to 454.31


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 454.31
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S454.31 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - PRACTICE LAW WHILE DISBARRED SUSPENDED - F: T



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

VILLAVICENCIO, v. B. SESSIONS III,, 904 F.3d 658 (9th Cir. 2018)

. . . . § 454.31; see also Mathis, 136 S.Ct. at 2256 ("If statutory alternatives carry different punishments . . . See N.R.S. § 454.31; see also Mathis , 136 S.Ct. at 2256 ("If statutory alternatives carry different . . .

SPANO, v. STATE, 60 So. 3d 1108 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . two counts of practicing law after she had been suspended from the practice in violation of section 454.31 . . .

STATE v. PALMER,, 791 So. 2d 1181 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . , which charged Palmer, a disbarred attorney, with the unlawful practice of law contrary to section 454.31 . . . the legislature from criminalizing the unlicensed practice of law by a disbarred attorney, section 454.31 . . . motion to dismiss, the trial court dismissed counts two, three and four reasoning that (i) section 454.31 . . . Section Jp5Jp.31 Raises No Separation of Powers Issue Section 454.31 provides in pertinent part: Any . . . The issue before us is whether section 454.31 violates an exclusive power granted to the judicial branch . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR RE AMENDMENT TO RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR, 605 So. 2d 252 (Fla. 1992)

. . . FLORIDA STATUTES SUPERSEDED These Rules of Discipline shall supersede such parts of sections 454.18, 454.31 . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR RE RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR, 494 So. 2d 977 (Fla. 1986)

. . . These Rules of Discipline shall supersede such parts of sections 454.18, 454.31, and 454.32, Florida . . .

NAACP, DETROIT BRANCH T. v. DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION DPOA DPOA a A., 620 F. Supp. 1173 (E.D. Mich. 1985)

. . . $8.38 per hour times 2.5 hours, or $20.95, and $1.81 per hour in bonuses and insurance, for a total of $454.31 . . .

SUPREME COURT SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR LAWYER DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES TO AMEND INTEGRATION RULE, ARTICLE II AND ARTICLE XI, 373 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1979)

. . . 11.15: STATUTES SUPERSEDED These Rules of Discipline shall supersede such parts of sections 454.18, 454.31 . . .

In THE FLORIDA BAR,, 262 So. 2d 857 (Fla. 1972)

. . . 11.IS: STATUTES SUPERSEDED These Rules of Discipline shall supersede such parts of Sections 454.18, 454.31 . . .

In THE FLORIDA BAR,, 225 So. 2d 881 (Fla. 1969)

. . . 11.15: STATUTES SUPERSEDED These Rules of Discipline shall supersede such parts of Sections 454.18, 454.31 . . .

In THE FLORIDA BAR, ARTICLE XI OF INTEGRATION RULE, 135 So. 2d 715 (Fla. 1961)

. . . .-28, 454.29 and such parts of Sections 454.18, 454.30, 454.31 and 454.32, Florida Statutes 1959, as . . .

In INTEGRATION RULE OF THE FLORIDA BAR, 102 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 1958)

. . . supersede Sections 454.24, 454.25, 454.26, 454.27, 454.28, 454.29 and such parts of Sections 454.30, 454.31 . . .

JOHN L. HANNUM v. THE UNITED STATES, 36 Ct. Cl. 99 (Ct. Cl. 1901)

. . . of the court that the claimant has a right to recover upon the basis of sea service in the sum of $454.31 . . .