The Florida Bar

File a Lawyer Complaint

The Florida Bar Inquiry/Complaint Form is a fillable PDF. If the PDF opens in your browser, download it to your computer before completing.

Please read all instructions, included in the PDF, carefully before completing the inquiry/complaint form. If the form is not properly completed it may be returned for correction. You may submit up to a total of 25 pages including the inquiry/complaint form and exhibits. You may indicate that additional evidence or exhibits are available upon request.

Please note: If the PDF opens in your browser, download it to your computer before completing.

Inquiries and complaints about a lawyer’s conduct, even if dismissed, are reflected in Bar records for 12 months after the files are closed. Inquiries and complaints about a lawyer’s conduct are serious matters and should be undertaken only after other available ways to resolve the problem have been unsuccessful.

What To Expect

Read this overview of the process followed in a typical case to impose sanctions on a member of The Florida Bar for violating a Rule Regulating The Florida Bar.