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Where Are The Criminal Lawyers In State Bar Associations?

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

We have 85,000 lawyers in the Florida Bar. Someone once did some research and found that 4,500 of those lawyers had filed notices of appearance in a criminal case. I've always heard that "less than 10%" of lawyers practice criminal law, so the numbers make sense.In terms of committees that are relevant to criminal lawyers, the Florida Bar has a Criminal Law Section and a Criminal Procedure Rules Committee. There's also a Traffic Court Rules Committee, Rules of Evidence Committee and Appellate Rules Committee.Over the past few years, the Florida Supreme Court has given more power to the Rules of Judicial Administration Committee to make rules regarding criminal practice. There are about 30 members on that committee - 3 are criminal lawyers.I've been on a Florida Bar committee for over 10 years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on June 28, 2010 (boomark / email).