Board adopts Florida ethics opinion.The Florida Bar The Florida Bar is the mandatory state bar association for the state of Florida. It is the third largest such bar association in the United States. Its duties include the regulation and discipline of attorneys. Board of Governors has adopted Florida Florida, state, United States Florida (flôr`ĭdə, flŏr`–), state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and Ethics Opinion 77-30 (Reconsideration re·con·sid·er v. re·con·sid·ered, re·con·sid·er·ing, re·con·sid·ers v.tr. 1. To consider again, especially with intent to alter or modify a previous decision. 2. ), which states that whether a conflict of interest involving representation of an individual county commissioner before the Florida Commission on Ethics by a county attorney may be waived depends on the individual circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or of the matter. In cases where the conflict may be waived, both the individual commissioner and the county must give informed consent, confirmed in writing, and consent on behalf of the county must be given by someone other than the individual commissioner to be represented. The full text of the opinion can be found on the Bar's Web site at www.floridabar.org under "Ethics Opinions." |
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