Verify legal authorities exist.
Every case, statute, rule, regulation, and other legal authority identified in a filing should be opened and confirmed before the signer approves the document.
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What do Florida’s current AI filing rules require?
Effective June 15, 2026, amended Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.515 requires each signer of a court filing to represent that the signer read the document, has good grounds to support it, did not file it for delay, and that identified legal authorities exist and are accurately cited.
The Florida Supreme Court adopted the amendment as a statewide replacement for varied circuit-level AI disclosure and certification requirements. Read the official Rule 2.515 opinion. The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit then vacated Administrative Order 2.109-4/26 in its entirety. Read Administrative Order 2.109-5/26.
This page explains the current statewide rule, the broader ethics guidance that still applies to generative AI, where firms remain exposed, and what a defensible workflow should include. This resource is educational and workflow-focused. It is not legal advice.
The statewide standard
The rule is not an AI disclosure mandate. It is a signer accountability rule.
The central risk is not whether AI touched a draft. The risk is filing a document without a repeatable process for validating authorities, citations, grounds, and signer review.
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Verify every citation accurately.
Your filing process should confirm case names, court and reporter information, pin cites, quotations, links, and the proposition each authority is cited to support.
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Keep signer judgment in control.
The signer remains responsible for reading the document, confirming good grounds support it, ensuring it is not filed for delay, and approving the final filing.
What changed
What changed on June 15, 2026, and what still matters?
The former local AI disclosure order is gone. The statewide filing standard and Florida lawyers’ broader ethical duties remain.
No longer controlling
Former 15th Circuit AI disclosure requirements
Administrative Order 2.109-4/26 was vacated in its entirety and no longer governs Fifteenth Judicial Circuit filings.
- No local requirement under that vacated order to identify the AI program
- No local AI certification language from Administrative Order 2.109-4/26
- No local disclosure trigger from that vacated order based solely on AI-created content
- Courts are directed to rely on amended Rule 2.515
- The statewide approach replaced varied circuit-level requirements
Still required
Statewide filing accuracy and professional responsibility
Rule 2.515 and Florida Bar Opinion 24-1 create a clear operational baseline for Florida firms.
- The signer reads the document
- Good grounds support the document
- The document is not interposed for delay
- Identified legal authorities exist and are accurately cited
- Confidentiality, competence, oversight, billing, and advertising duties continue when lawyers use generative AI
Where most firms remain exposed.
Controlled
Unclear
Exposed
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Attorneys use AI-generated research or drafting without source-level verification.
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Staff contribute AI-assisted material, but responsibility for final review is unclear.
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Client information enters AI tools without documented review of data retention, data sharing, or self-learning policies.
Risk reduction
Your firm does not need a 40-page AI policy. It needs a workflow people will actually follow.
Policies fail when they sit in a folder. Compliance improves when your team knows which tools are approved, what information may be entered, how authorities and citations are verified, and who signs off.
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In 30 minutes, you will know whether your current AI use creates citation, confidentiality, verification, or policy gaps.
Compliant workflow blueprint
What “covered” should look like inside your firm.
A defensible AI process should make accurate, ethical behavior easy before a deadline, not hard after a filing is challenged.
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Tool approval
Define allowed, restricted, and prohibited AI tools by role and use case.
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Confidentiality screen
Prevent privileged, client, or sensitive matter information from entering unapproved tools.
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AI-use record
Record where AI supported research or drafting so reviewers know what deserves added scrutiny.
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Authority verification
Open and validate every cited source, quotation, proposition, and pinpoint reference.
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Signer signoff
Confirm the filing was read, has good grounds, is not for delay, and meets Rule 2.515.
Official current-rule source pack
Open the Official Rule 2.515 Opinion
Florida AI Filing Compliance Source Pack
Use the controlling statewide rule, the Supreme Court’s administrative order, the Fifteenth Circuit vacatur, and Florida Bar Opinion 24-1 as your starting point. No email required.
Amended Florida Rule 2.515
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Statewide Administrative Order AOSC26-12
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15th Circuit Administrative Order 2.109-5/26
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Florida Bar Opinion 24-1
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Official sources. No email required.
Start with the controlling rule and ethics guidance, then compare your firm’s workflow against them.
Also review AOSC26-12, Administrative Order 2.109-5/26, and Florida Bar Opinion 24-1.
Why it is ungated
Source-first guidance builds trust.
Palm Beach County attorneys need current, verifiable sources on Florida’s statewide filing standard and generative AI ethics. This source pack is free because trust comes before the audit.
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Read the statewide signer representations and sanctions language.
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Confirm the former 15th Circuit AI disclosure order was vacated.
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Compare your internal AI practices with Florida Bar Opinion 24-1.
Need the workflow built for your firm?
The Compliance Shield Audit turns the current rule and ethics guidance into a firm-ready AI governance and filing-verification process in 5 business days.
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Compliance Shield Audit
Get your firm from exposed to covered in 5 business days.
The Compliance Shield Audit is a focused AI governance and filing-accuracy audit for Palm Beach County law firms. APC reviews your current AI use, identifies gaps against Rule 2.515 and Florida Bar Opinion 24-1, drafts a practical AI governance policy, and builds a human-in-the-loop verification workflow your attorneys can follow.
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AI Usage Inventory
A clear view of which tools your attorneys and staff are using, how they are using them, and where confidentiality, accuracy, or supervision risks may arise.
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Compliance Gap Report
A plain-English report showing where your current process may fall short under Florida Rule 2.515 and Florida Bar Opinion 24-1.
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Draft AI Governance Policy
A firm-ready policy your managing partner, administrator, ethics counsel, or executive committee can review.
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Verification Workflow
A step-by-step process for checking legal authorities, citations, quotations, factual assertions, and conclusions before filing.
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60-Minute Debrief
A focused review with Matt Almassian so your leadership team knows what to fix first.
This is not legal advice.
This resource is for education and workflow planning. It does not provide legal advice, ethics advice, or an opinion on your firm’s compliance status. Your firm should consult qualified legal ethics counsel when interpreting court orders, Florida Bar rules, or specific client matters.
FAQ
Questions Palm Beach County law firms are asking.
These answers are written for clarity, not legal opinion. Use them to identify what your firm needs to verify internally.
On filing, each signer represents that the signer read the document, that good grounds support it, that it is not interposed for delay, and that the legal authorities identified exist and are accurately cited.
No. The statewide rule replaced varied circuit-level AI disclosure and certification requirements. AOSC26-12 directs courts to rely on amended Rule 2.515 rather than impose local AI disclosure requirements. Other ethical, client, confidentiality, or matter-specific obligations may still apply.
The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit vacated Administrative Order 2.109-4/26 in its entirety through Administrative Order 2.109-5/26, effective June 15, 2026. The current statewide standard is amended Florida Rule 2.515.
Each signer represents that the signer has read the document, that good grounds support it to the best of the signer’s knowledge, information, and belief, that it is not interposed for delay, and that identified legal authorities exist and are accurately cited.
After notice and an opportunity to be heard, sanctions may include reprimand, contempt, striking the document, dismissal of proceedings, costs, attorneys’ fees, or other sanctions.
Florida Bar Opinion 24-1 addresses broader ethical duties when lawyers use generative AI, including confidentiality, competence, accuracy, billing, advertising, technology competence, and oversight. It remains relevant even though the former local disclosure order was vacated. View Florida Bar Opinion 24-1.
Potentially, but not casually. The firm should evaluate data retention, data sharing, self-learning policies, confidentiality risks, allowed use cases, verification steps, and attorney supervision before attorneys or staff use any generative AI tool with client or matter information.
At minimum, it should include approved tools, prohibited uses, confidentiality rules, source-verification steps, signer review, attorney supervision, staff training, billing and advertising guardrails, incident escalation, and a process for updating the policy as rules and technology change.
Founder-led next step
Florida requires signer accountability. APC gives your firm the workflow to prove it.
Your team does not need another AI memo. Your team needs an approved tool list, confidentiality screen, source-verification workflow, and signer signoff process people can follow before the next filing deadline.
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