Florida Statute 27.015 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 27
STATE ATTORNEYS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; RELATED OFFICES

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27.015 Private practice prohibited.—All state attorneys elected to said office shall be so elected on a full-time basis and shall be prohibited from the private practice of law while holding said office.

History.—s. 1, ch. 70-79; s. 11, ch. 2002-1.

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Cases Citing Statute 27.015

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Austin v. State Ex Rel. Christian, 310 So. 2d 289 (Fla. 1975).

Cited 24 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

"[T]he Governor had the power and authority under F.S. 27.15, to order Respondent Honorable T. Edward Austin

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Schreiber v. Rowe, 814 So. 2d 396 (Fla. 2002).

Cited 18 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2002 WL 432575

...diction of the circuit. He shall be and have been a member of the Bar of Florida for the preceding five years. Public defenders shall appoint such assistant public defenders as may be authorized by law. Art. V, § 18, Fla. Const. (1972). [4] Compare § 27.015, Fla....

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Finch v. Fitzpatrick, 254 So. 2d 203 (Fla. 1971).

Cited 9 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

executive order of 1970, and pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 27.15, F.S.A., ordered State Attorney Austin and his

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Brown v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., 601 F. Supp. 641 (S.D. Fla. 1985).

Cited 8 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1985 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23230

over actions brought under the Exchange Act, section 27, 15 U.S.C.A. § 78aa (West 1981),[11]*647 and thus

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Raymond James & Assocs., Inc. v. Nat'l Ass'n of Sec. Dealers, Inc., 844 F. Supp. 1504 (M.D. Fla. 1994).

Cited 7 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2915, 1994 WL 74361

1331 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, § 27, 15 U.S.C. § 78aa. Section 27 of the Securities Exchange

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Stancel v. Schultz, 226 So. 2d 456 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

attorney in the discharge of his duties", F.S. § 27.15, F.S.A., a prerequisite which admittedly did not

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State Ex Rel. Christian v. Austin, 302 So. 2d 811 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

discharge of any of the duties of the latter. (F.S.27.15) In assaying the legislative intent here, and

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East-Bibb Twiggs Neighborhood Ass'n, Robert Moffett & Roscoe Ross v. MacOn Bibb Plan. & Zoning Comm'n & Mullis Tree Serv., 888 F.2d 1573 (11th Cir. 1989).

Cited 5 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1989 WL 135849

state court certiorari petition, pursuant to section 27.15 of the Macon-Bibb Land Development Resolution

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The Travelers Ins. Co. v. Elizabeth M. Summers, 696 F.2d 1311 (11th Cir. 1983).

Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 30927

Alabama incontestability statute, Code of Ala.1975, § 27-15-4, requires that all life insurance policies have

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East-Bibb Twiggs Neighborhood Ass'n v. Macon Bibb Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 896 F.2d 1264 (11th Cir. 1989).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 20805, 1989 WL 197807

state court certiorari petition, pursuant to section 27.15 of the Macon-Bibb Land Development Resolution

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Am. Fed'n of Musicians, Local 806 v. City of West Palm Beach, 179 So. 2d 134 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1965).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 60 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2209, 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 3735

added. The complaint goes on to quote in part section 27.15 of the licensing ordinance stating that it shall

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Amendments to Rules Regulating the Florida Bar, 841 So. 2d 443 (Fla. 2003).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 146, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 252, 2003 WL 359318

...te. Cur thanks also goes to the individuals who filed comments, and especially those who participated in oral argument. It is so ordered. ANSTEAD, C.J., WELLS, PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, and CANTERO, JJ., and SHAW, Senior Justice, concur. . See, e.g., § 27.015, Fla....

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1981).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

afforded other peace or law enforcement officers. Section 27.15, F.S., states that the Governor may, for good

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State v. Garcia, 774 So. 2d 21 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 10363, 2000 WL 1153983

the costs it incurs in prosecuting a case. Section 27.15(2) expressly provides that in cases such as

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