The Florida Bar advertising guidelines, which were revised in February 2014, stated “indoor and outdoor display and radio and television media do not lend themselves to effective communication of such information” and therefore the Bar indicated that it was not likely to approve any such ads even if the ads included the Bar’s required disclaimers.

Depending upon a state’s guidelines, attorneys may feature positive reviews from clients and colleagues on their firms’ websites; so why not share similarly glowing remarks from judges? As one New Jersey law firm learned, that is where an ethics committee may draw the line. judicial