State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice.

• Author: Delegal, Tad
• Position: Annual Reports of Committees of the Florida Bar: 2018-2019

Currently, there are 80 board certified lawyers in state and federal government and administrative practice. Our committee covers a broad practice area that includes state and federal rulemaking, administrative adjudication and agency interaction, along with state and federal government practices, and practice areas.

This year, only one person applied for certification. A total of 24 certified attorneys submitted applications for recertification in 2017-2018.

We obviously need to encourage administrative practitioners to apply for certification, and our committee has worked hard over the past year to address the scope of our certification area. Last year's chair, Tim Atkinson, began an effort to modify our certification requirements, and this year's committee worked closely with Administrative Law Section Chair Judge Gar Chisenhall to come up with some meaningful proposed revisions to the requirements for certification. We will be working with the BLSE and other persons within the Bar leadership to implement our revisions.

While we are working to revise our criteria for the future (which includes jettisoning the horribly unwieldy name for our certification area), our committee also worked to evaluate our current examination structure. We realized that we need to offer an examination that will truly test expertise in administrative law. Over time, certification examinations can grow...