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ETHICS COMPLAINT

LDAD Calls on Florida Supreme Court to Order State Bar Investigation of Attorney General Bondi

June 28, 2021

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Lawyers Defending American Democracy participated in a new filing urging the Florida Supreme Court to order The Florida Bar to follow its own rules and investigate claims that Attorney General Pamela Bondi has acted unethically. Previously, The Florida Bar rejected the detailed allegations submitted by Lawyers Defending American Democracy, the Democracy Defenders Fund, Florida attorney Jon May, Lawyers for the Rule of Law, and a group of 70 prominent attorneys, law professors, and former judges.

In its immediate rejection of the filing, The Florida Bar argued that it does not investigate ethics complaints against constitutional officers while they are serving. LDAD volunteer, James W. Conrad Jr., a principal author of the brief, noted that, if The Florida Bar's position were upheld, the effect "would be a statement to the legal profession that the Attorney General of the United States is above the law and need not comply with the same code of ethics that all other lawyers must follow."