{"id":5184,"date":"2004-12-10T16:58:30","date_gmt":"2004-12-10T20:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/12\/10\/fla-bar-sics-a-giant-on-the-p"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:09","slug":"fla-bar-sics-a-giant-on-the-pit-bull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/12\/10\/fla-bar-sics-a-giant-on-the-pit-bull\/","title":{"rendered":"fla. bar sics a giant on the pit bull"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Florida Bar must really want to muzzle the 800 <\/FONT>pit bull ads<\/FONT><\/A> that it helped make famous <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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in disciplinary proceedings against the firm <\/FONT><\/FONT>Pape & Chandler<\/FONT><\/A>.  FBA has drafted <\/FONT><\/FONT>Barry Richard<\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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— a Florida giant in the field of appellate law — to pursue its crusade against the <\/FONT>purportedly <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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deceptive <\/FONT><\/FONT>and undignified<\/EM>  <\/FONT>lawyer advertising.   Richard is a partner at the T<\/FONT>allahassee firm of <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Greenburg <\/FONT><\/FONT>Traurig, and is perhaps best known for his nationally televised <\/FONT>argument on behalf <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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of President <\/FONT><\/FONT>Bush before the Florda Supreme Court in the Election 2000 <\/FONT>Bush-Gore litigation.   <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"dog As we explained more fully <\/FONT>here<\/FONT><\/A>:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The Honorable Judge William W. Herring presided over the matter as Referee <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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and ruled that neither the 1 (800) PITBULL number, nor P&C’s logo (<\/FONT><\/FONT>depicting<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the head of a pit bull in a spiked collar) are deceptive or otherwise violative of <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar; furthermore, the State’s lawyer advertising <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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rules are unconstitutional restrictions on commercial speech as applied here by <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The Florida Bar.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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We think this case will backfire on the censors at the Florida Bar — we put our money on Pape<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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& Chandler and<\/EM> the First Amendment.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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update <\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG>(8 PM): Tim Chinaris of <\/FONT><\/FONT>sunEthics<\/FONT><\/A> has written to remind us that Barry Richard un-<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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successfully <\/FONT>represented the Florida Bar in the Mason v. Florida Bar<\/A> (11th Cir. 2002)<\/EM> Attorney <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Steven G. Mason used an ad that stated “AV rated, the Highest Rating [in the] Martindale-<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Hubbell National Legal Directory.”  FBA said the ad violated an ethical rule prohibiting <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“self-laudatory” advertising, and insisted Mason include a disclaimer that Martindale-<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Hubbell does not rate all lawyers and that the ratings are exclusively based upon information <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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from confidential sources. (see 1st Amendment Law Center for a good <\/FONT><\/FONT>summary<\/FONT><\/A> of<\/FONT> Mason<\/EM><\/FONT>) <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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After losing at the 11th Circuit, Richard is quoted saying, “I admit that this case was at the <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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edge of the envelope<\/EM>.”   This time, the Florida Bar has again gone over the edge.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT>
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spring breeze–
two samurai
attend the dog<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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after plastering
the gate with fleas
the dog runs off

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the dog
braces himself…
snowball!<\/EM><\/DIV>
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 ISSA<\/FONT><\/A>, translated by David G. Lanoue<\/FONT>
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