Florida Bar Reports

If you search for Florida Bar reports, you may mean a committee's final report, a Bar periodical or annual report, an attorney discipline record, or bar exam results. Each lives on a different official page, with different rules about what is public and for how long.

The Florida Bar publishes committee, commission, and initiative reports in its Bar Reports archive. Attorney discipline records, annual reports, publications, and bar exam results are maintained separately, so the correct source depends on the type of report you need.

Which Florida Bar report do you actually need?

Publications: what actually lives there

The Bar's Publications hub groups several kinds of material that serve different purposes.

The Bar Reports archive

The Bar Reports page collects reports and publications from sunset committees, commissions, and initiatives. It is organized by year, but the years are not continuous. As checked, entries run from 2000 through 2023, with the Special Committee on Mentoring New Lawyers as the most recent listed report.

For ongoing work, use Special Committees and Commissions. That page listed a current special committee on AI tools and resources when checked. A current committee may not yet have a final report in the sunset archive.

News, Journal, annual reports, and newsletters

The Florida Bar News covers statewide law-related developments. The Florida Bar Journal publishes practical articles on Florida law in two-month volumes. The Journal's Annual Reports collection includes reports from Bar sections, divisions, and committees in the May/June issue.

Newsletters and Reports is a separate collection for recurring departmental and program material, including the Capstone newsletter, Daily News Summary, federal judicial-practices guide, and The Federal Corner.

Discipline records: what is public, and when

The Florida Bar is an official arm of the Florida Supreme Court. Its Division of Lawyer Regulation investigates complaints and prosecutes alleged misconduct, making it Florida's professional discipline agency. Public outcomes may include Supreme Court orders.

When a matter becomes public

Rule 3-7.1 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar controls confidentiality and public access. At the initial investigatory and grievance-committee stages, matters are generally confidential, subject to the rule's exceptions. The absence of a public record therefore does not establish that no complaint was made.

The rule identifies stages that make a matter public, including:

• a finding of minor misconduct;
• a finding of probable cause, or the filing of a formal complaint under rule 3-3.2(b);
• a finding of no probable cause;
• diversion to a practice and professionalism enhancement program, or referral to grievance mediation or fee arbitration;
• contempt proceedings;
• petitions concerning incapacity, emergency suspension, or probation;
• proceedings based on criminal guilt or discipline in another jurisdiction;
• reinstatement proceedings; and
• petitions for disciplinary resignation or revocation.

Rule 3-7.1(b) describes the public record as material before a grievance committee, referee, or the Supreme Court of Florida, together with specified reports, correspondence, papers, recordings, and transcripts exchanged with the lawyer or complainant. Discipline can arise from violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct in Chapter 4 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar.

The Bar also states that closed cases that do not result in discipline remain public for one year after conclusion. After that, they are handled under the Bar's records-retention policy.

How to find one lawyer's discipline record

The Bar posts public attorney-discipline documents for the past 10 years. Its instructions direct readers to:

1. Search the lawyer by name in Find a Lawyer.
2. Read the status shown under the name.
3. Find the 10-Year Discipline History entry on the profile.
4. Open Show Details, then select the green reference number to view available court documents, such as a Supreme Court order or report of referee.

The sanction label provides the result; the linked documents provide the underlying details.

For conduct more than 10 years old, members of the public may request records by emailing LRInfo@floridabar.org. The instructions provide a separate phone route for members of the media through the Communications Office.

Statewide discipline statistics and recent orders

The Bar's lawyer discipline statistics cover the five most recent Bar years, currently 2021-22 through 2025-26. These are Bar years, not calendar years.

For 2025-26, the published table lists a Bar population of 115,859, 16 disbarments, 21 disciplinary revocations, 93 suspensions, 22 public reprimands, 17 admonishments, 6 probations, and no injunctions. It also lists 161 total orders, 248 total cases, and 4,473 files opened.

Those figures do not show a consistent trend. Disbarments across the five published years were 36, 25, 18, 29, and 16. The table reports counts but does not explain the changes, so the numbers alone do not establish whether misconduct or enforcement became more or less common.

For newer orders, the Bar publishes a monthly summary of disciplinary actions. Its lawyer discipline process explains the stages that can lead to those orders.

Bar exam results: public, but anonymous

The Supreme Court of Florida posts pass/fail results for the most recent General Bar Examination on its Bar Scores page. The results use each applicant's anonymous Bar Applicant File Number, not names, and remain online for 30 days after the Court orders their release.

The Court also states that:

• applicant rankings are never released;
• individual scores go to the applicant through the Florida Board of Bar Examiners portal and are not provided by phone or email; and
• aggregate results are public, including examination statistics and law-school comparisons.

This means school-level passage rates are public, but a named person's result and score are not.

Related requests that use a different process

Filing a complaint about a lawyer. Use the Bar's File a Lawyer Complaint process. The Attorney/Consumer Assistance Program may help address some concerns before a disciplinary complaint is filed. Rule 3-7.16 generally requires a written inquiry within six years after the matter was discovered or should have been discovered. The rule sets no time limit for matters alleging theft or a Bar member's conviction of a felony offense. Check the current Rules Regulating The Florida Bar for the complete rule and exceptions.

Resolving a fee dispute. The Bar's grievance mediation and fee arbitration programs are described under Complaint Alternatives.

Seeking reimbursement after a lawyer misappropriated money. That may involve the Clients' Security Fund, which is separate from lawyer discipline.

Complaining about a judge or unlicensed practice. Judicial complaints go to the Judicial Qualifications Commission. Suspected unlicensed practice has a separate consumer help and complaint route.

Choose the right official destination

Use the official Bar or Court source when the answer matters, and note the date you checked it.

Legal.com Liability Disclaimer

This guide describes where official Florida Bar and Supreme Court of Florida records are published and what those sources stated on August 27, 2026. It provides general information, not legal advice, and does not create a lawyer-client relationship. Rules, statistics, archive windows, and official pages can change. Verify current information with the official source and consult a licensed Florida lawyer about your circumstances.