R. Regul. Fl. Bar 6-22.1

As amended through November 4, 2024

Rule 6-22.1 - GENERALLY

This certification area is closed to new applicants. Each lawyer who has been certified under this subchapter has been issued a certificate identifying the lawyer as "Board Certified in Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law." The purpose of the standards is to identify those lawyers who practice in the area of antitrust law, unfair methods of competition, and deceptive, unfair, or unconscionable trade practices and who have the special knowledge, skills, experience, and judgment, as well as the character, ethics, and reputation for professionalism, to be properly identified to the public as board certified in antitrust and trade regulation law. Lawyers who are certified in this area have established that they have a special ability as a consequence of broad and varied experience in antitrust and trade regulation law, including the following:

(a) a ready grasp of the substantive and procedural law bearing on this area of practice;

(b) an awareness of and experience with the range of appropriate courses of action and remedies that can be invoked in aid of clients involved in such matters;

(c) a sound judgment in proposing solutions and approaches, so that proportion both as to expense and delay is maintained between the nature of the problem to be solved and the cost and elaborateness of the proposed response or solution; and

(d) an attitude of professionalism in every aspect of the applicant's approach to clients, courts, or administrative bodies, and fellow practitioners.

R. Regul. Fl. Bar 6-22.1

Added and amended March 23, 2000 (763 So.2d 1002); amended December 5, 2003. Amended and effective 10/16/2015 by Board of Governors; amended and effective 12/4/2020 by The Florida Bar Board of Governors; amended February 2, 2023, effective 4/3/2023 (SC22-1291).