Filing a Complaint Each state has a bar association that regulates lawyers and their conduct. Any complaints should be addressed to your state's bar association. Most will have a complaint form on their website and guidance on how to fill it out.
All matters regarding misconduct of attorneys and professional discipline for misconduct are handled by The Florida Bar. You may reach the Bar's Tallahassee offices for more information on filing a complaint at (850) 561-5600 or (800) 342-8060 at extension 5839, or access the Florida Bar Website.
As an official arm of the Florida Supreme Court, The Florida Bar's Division of Lawyer Regulation protects the public by providing a means to address lawyer misconduct. The division accepts and investigates complaints against lawyers, and prosecutes those who engage in unethical conduct.
State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle was joined by hundreds of her SAO team members. judges, former prosecutors, law enforcement partners, and community leaders for the office's Annual Holiday Mixer.
Inquiries raised or complaints presented by or to The Florida Bar under these rules shall be commenced within 6 years from the time the matter giving rise to the inquiry or complaint is discovered or, with due diligence, should have been discovered.
The “bar” in bar exam or bar association is not an acronym. The origin of the term bar derives from the physical layout of a courtroom. A wood rail separates court observers from the judge, jury, lawyers, and parties in a courtroom. This wooden bar has come to symbolize the law.
Most states provide the attorney's bar number, but some do not. In a few states, the state does not issue a bar license number.
You may reach the Bar's Tallahassee offices for more information on filing a complaint at (850) 561-5600 or (800) 342-8060 at extension 5839, or access the Florida Bar Website.
If someone says they are a lawyer, ask which state they have a license in. Then, contact the state bar association to make sure they are allowed to work in that state.
Attorneys are required to put their bar number on pleadings they file with courts, but are not required to put them on their websites, business cards or anything else. If you want to know, just ask. Most attorneys will tell you.