Contact The Florida Bar
Please note: Florida Bar staff members cannot provide legal advice. Contact an attorney if you need advice on a specific legal problem.
Staff members whose extensions range from x5601 to x5859 can be dialed directly at 850-561+extension.
Attorney Consumer Assistance Program (Complaints) | 850-561-5673, 1-866-352-0707 |
Board Certification | 850-561-5842 |
Center for Professionalism | 850-561-5747 |
Consumer Information | 850-561-5834 |
Continuing Legal Education | 850-561-5842 |
Diversity and Inclusion | 850-561-3195 |
Ethics and Attorney Advertising | 850-561-5780 |
Finance and Accounting | 850-561-5832 |
Florida Registered Paralegal Program | 850-561-5840 |
Human Resources | 850-561-5714 |
Lawyer Referral Service | 850-561-5844 |
Leadership Academy | 850-561-3195 |
LegalFuel Practice Resource Center | 850-561-5616 |
Membership Records | 850-561-5832 |
Public Information | 850-561-5834 |
Unlicensed Practice of Law (UPL) | Headquarters, 850-561-5840 Ft. Lauderdale Branch, 954-835-0233 Miami Branch, 305-377-4445 Orlando Branch, 407-420473 Tampa Branch, 813-875-9821 |
Please note: Florida Bar staff members cannot provide legal advice. Contact an attorney if you need advice on a specific legal problem.
Staff members whose extensions range from x5601 to x5859 can be dialed directly at 850-561+extension.
Please note: Florida Bar staff members cannot provide legal advice. Contact an attorney if you need advice on a specific legal problem.
Headquarters
Allison Carden Sackett, Division Director
Donald Dunn, Legal Administrator
Christine Mitchell, Legal Administrative Secretary IV, 850-561-5774
Lawyer Regulation
Patricia Ann Toro Savitz, Staff Counsel
Christine Mitchell, Legal Administrative Secretary IV, 850-561-5774
Attorney Consumer Assistance Program
Shanell Schuyler, Director
Susan Austin, Program Administrator, 850-561-5719
Ethics and Consumer Protection Division
Gypsy Bailey, Director and General Counsel
Joni Hooks, Administrative Support IV, 850-561-5662
For questions about ethics or lawyer advertising, please call the Ethics Hotline at, 800-235-8619
Unlicensed Practice of Law Counsel
William Spillias, UPL Counsel
Jeffrey T. Picker, Assistant Counsel
Melanie Woodall, Legal Administrative Secretary III, 850-561-5840
Ethics & Advertising
Elizabeth Clark Tarbert, Ethics Counsel
Assistant Ethics Counsel: Joy A. Bruner, Huy-Yen Cam Bailey, Jonathan Grab, Jeffrey M. Hazen, LiliJean Quintiliani, Kelly N. Smith and Heather Telfer
850-561-5780
Rule Amendments
Elizabeth Clark Tarbert, Ethics Counsel
850-561-5780
Florida Registered Paralegal Program
Shannon Fleming, FRP Assistant Director
850-561-5840
Clients’ Security Fund
Celia Connell, 850-561-5812
Rick Courtemanche, 850-561-5788
Please note: Florida Bar staff members cannot provide legal advice. Contact an attorney if you need advice on a specific legal problem.
TALLAHASSEE LAWYER REGULATION
Alan Anthony Pascal, Chief Branch Discipline Counsel
651 E. Jefferson St.
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300
850-561-5845
Circuits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 14
Bar Counsel
Olivia Paiva Klein, Shanee’ L. Hinson and Jim Fisher
Unlicensed Practice of Law
Karen Dexter, Branch UPL Counsel, 850-561-5840
TAMPA LAWYER REGULATION
Sheila M. Tuma, Chief Branch Discipline Counsel
2002 N. Lois Ave., Ste. 300
Tampa, Florida 33607
813-875-9821
Circuits: 6, 12, 13, 20
Bar Counsel
Katrina Brown, Lindsey Guinand, Kimberly Stephenson, Robyn Dillon and Evan Rosen
Unlicensed Practice of Law
Maria L. Torres, Branch UPL Counsel
Carol B. Sullivan, Legal Administrative Secretary
813-875-9821, ext. 4323
ORLANDO LAWYER REGULATION
Jan K. Wichrowski, Chief Branch Discipline Counsel
The Gateway Center
1000 Legion Place, Ste. 1625
Orlando, Florida 32801-1050
407-425-5424
Circuits: 5, 7, 9, 10, 18, 19
Bar Counsel
Kenneth Bryk, Carrie Lee, Karen Bankowitz Laura N. Gryb, Ashley Taylor Morrison and Daniel James Quinn
Unlicensed Practice of Law
Ghunise Coaxum, Branch UPL Counsel
Carolyn Thompson, Legal Administrative Secretary
407-425-0473, ext. 4421
FT. LAUDERDALE LAWYER REGULATION
William Mulligan, Chief Branch Discipline Counsel
Lake Shore Plaza II
1300 Concord Terrace Ste. 130
Sunrise, FL 33323
954-835-0233
Circuits: 15, 17, 20B
Bar Counsel
Joi L. Pearsall, Navin Ramnath, Frances Brown-Lewis, Randi K. Lazarus and Linda Gonzalez
Unlicensed Practice of Law
Algeisa Vazquez, Branch UPL Counsel
Diane Kinishi, Legal Administrative Secretary
954-835-0233, ext. 4148
MIAMI LAWYER REGULATION
Arlene K. Sankel, Chief Branch Discipline Counsel
Ste. M100, Rivergate Plaza
444 Brickell Ave.
Miami, Florida 33131-2404
305-377-4445
Circuits: 11, 16
Bar Counsel
Jennifer Falcone, Tonya Avery, Keri Joseph and Rita Florez
Unlicensed Practice of Law
Jacquelyn P. Needelman, Branch UPL Counsel
Andrea Hensley, Legal Secretary
305-377-4445, ext. 4218