Opinion
No. SC06-2370.
May 18, 2007.
Lower Tribunal No. CACE05011036.
The Florida Bar's petition for writ of prohibition is hereby granted. The Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit is exceeding its jurisdiction and usurping the exclusive jurisdiction of this Court with respect to the discipline of persons admitted to the practice of law in Florida. See Art. V, sec. 15, Fla. Const. (providing the Florida Supreme Court with exclusive authority to regulate the practice of law and "the discipline of persons admitted"). See also Tyson v. Fla. Bar, 826 So.2d 265 (Fla. 2002); R. Regulating Fla. Bar 3-7.4(i).
Because we trust that the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit will fully comply with the dictates of this order, we withhold issuance of the writ.
LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur.