Florida Statute 454.31 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

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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Cases Citing Statute 454.31

Total Results: 10

Barr v. Watts

70 So. 2d 347, 1953 Fla. LEXIS 1847

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 8, 1953 | Docket: 1281921

Cited 23 times | Published

practice of law in this state, as required by Section 454.031(3), Florida Statutes, F.S.A. The Relator bases

Coleman v. Watts

81 So. 2d 650

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 11, 1955 | Docket: 2520429

Cited 12 times | Published

and by express authority of the statutes, section 454.031, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., this court may prescribe

Petition of Florida Bar

61 So. 2d 646, 1952 Fla. LEXIS 1829

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Aug 1, 1952 | Docket: 1291112

Cited 8 times | Published

court (1) to Chapter 26655, Acts of 1951, F.S.A. § 454.031 and (2) to a study and report of the *647 Committee

State v. Palmer

791 So. 2d 1181, 2001 WL 838201

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 26, 2001 | Docket: 2515596

Cited 3 times | Published

with the unlawful practice of law contrary to section 454.31, Florida Statutes (1997). We agree with the

Fuller v. Watts

74 So. 2d 676, 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1153

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 6, 1954 | Docket: 1269419

Cited 2 times | Published

interpretation of Chapter 26655, Acts of 1951, F.S.A. § 454.031, in so far as it regulates admissions to the bar

The Florida Bar v. Jeffrey Alan Norkin

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 19, 2024 | Docket: 69176163

Published

while disbarred or suspended in violation of section 454.31, Florida Statutes (2016). The charging information

Spano v. State

60 So. 3d 1108, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 6338, 2011 WL 1661374

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 4, 2011 | Docket: 60300060

Published

suspended from the practice in violation of section 454.31, Florida Statutes (2008). She was placed on

In re Florida Board of Bar Examiners

307 So. 2d 165, 1975 Fla. LEXIS 3759

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 22, 1975 | Docket: 64544032

Published

effective May 18, 1951, which was embodied in § 454.031(3), Fla.Stat., 1951, reading as follows : “(3)

In Re Florida Board of Bar Examiners

290 So. 2d 9

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 30, 1974 | Docket: 1510319

Published

under consideration was embodied in Fla. Stat. § 454.031(3) F.S.A. (1951). It is the petitioner's position

In re Lebron

183 So. 2d 544, 1966 Fla. LEXIS 3723

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 1966 | Docket: 64495789

Published

Florida Statutes (1953), and by virtue of Section 454.031(3), Florida Statutes (as amended 1951).1 VII