# In re Amendments to the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar

> Supreme Court of Florida · April 12, 2012 · 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 275

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4796627

## Case

- **Full name:** In re AMENDMENTS TO the RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR (BIANNUAL REPORT)
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** April 12, 2012
- **Citations:** 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 275; 101 So. 3d 807; 2012 Fla. LEXIS 696; 2012 WL 1207226
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Quince
- **Judges:** Canady, Labarga, Lewis, Pariente, Perry, Polston, Quince
- **Cited by:** 3 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

QUINCE, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I agree with many of the changes to the rules with the exception of the majority’s rejection of proposed new rule 5-1.2(d). This rule would require a lawyer to actually sign his or her trust account- checks and not leave that to nonlawyers or have some *811 one use a signature stamp. We have seen a number of cases during my tenure on this court where the lawyer has alleged that missing money was taken by an employee, albeit a trusted employee. While such a requirement might be inconvenient in some circumstances, I believe it is a small price to pay for further protection of the public. Therefore, I would require that trust account checks be signed by the lawyer.

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