The Florida Bar

The Florida Bar JOHN F. HARksEss, JR. EXECLITIVX DIREcTIIR & U.S. MAII, Re: Ethics Inquiry 651 EAST JiirvERsoN STREET TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32399.2300 November 4. 2008 850/561.5600 www.FLORIDABAR.o8G I received your request for an advisory ethics opinion dated September 18. 2008. You ask whether you violated Rule 4-7.4, Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, by complying with your statutory obligation to contact victims to inform them of the resolution of their matters and by complying with a court order to advise them that the services of an independent attorney- representative would be offered to them free of charge. Unfortunately, I cannot provide the opinion you requested, because you are asking about your past conduct and legal questions that relate to your obligations under federal statutes and a court order. Florida Bar ethics attorneys arc only authorized to provide opinions regarding an attorney's own future conduct. We are not authorized to render opinions concern