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15th Judicial Circuit Professional Panel
Kara Berard Rockenbach
Professionalism Committee Co-Chair
Judge Cory Ciklin
Professionalism Committee Co-Chair
On June 6, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court, in opinion SC13-688,
adopted the “Code for Resolving Professionalism Complaints”
and directed the Chief Judge of every circuit to create a Local
Professionalism Panel to receive and resolve professionalism
complaints informally if possible. The Local Professionalism
Panel was identified as an entity independent of The Florida
Bar which is established at the local level for the purpose of
resolving complaints of alleged unprofessional conduct by
attorneys practicing in that circuit. In compliance with this
dictate, the Chief Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit issued
Administrative Order No. 2.105 (amended 11/16) to reconstitute
the existing Professionalism Council as the Professionalism
Panel. The Local Professionalism Panel of the Fifteenth Judicial
Circuit operates pursuant to AO No. 2.105 which can be found at
https://www.15thcircuit.com/sites/default/files/administrative-
orders/2.105.pdf