Rule 12-1.6 - WITHDRAWAL OF CERTIFICATION(a)Withdrawal of Permission to Perform Services.(1) The emeritus lawyer must immediately cease performing legal services if the emeritus lawyer ceases to be associated with the approved legal aid organization. The approved legal aid organization must file a statement with the clerk of the Supreme Court of Florida within 5 days after the association has ceased. The legal aid organization must mail a copy of the notice filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court of Florida to the emeritus lawyer.(2) The emeritus lawyer must immediately cease performing legal services if the approved legal aid organization withdraws certification of the emeritus lawyer, which may be at any time and without stating the cause for the withdrawal. The approved legal aid organization must file a statement with the clerk of the Supreme Court of Florida within 5 days after withdrawing the certification. The legal aid organization must mail a copy of the notice filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court of Florida to the emeritus lawyer.(3) The emeritus lawyer must immediately cease performing legal services if the Supreme Court of Florida revokes permission for the emeritus lawyer to provide pro bono services, which is at the court's discretion. The clerk of the Supreme Court of Florida must mail a copy of the statement to the emeritus lawyer and the approved legal aid organization.(4) The emeritus lawyer must immediately cease performing legal services if the Supreme Court of Florida terminates the emeritus lawyer as an authorized house counsel. The Florida Bar must file a statement with the Supreme Court of Florida that the individual is no longer an authorized house counsel. The Florida Bar must mail a copy of the statement to the emeritus lawyer involved.(b)Notice of Withdrawal. If an emeritus lawyer's certification is withdrawn for any reason, the supervising lawyer must immediately file a notice of the withdrawal in the official file of each matter pending before any court or tribunal in which the emeritus lawyer was involved.Amended July 23, 1992, effective 1/1/1993 (605 So.2d 252); amended May 29, 2014, effective 6/1/2014 (SC12-2234), amended November 9, 2017, effective 2/1/2018 (SC16-1961).