Capital Collateral Attorney Registry
Capital Collateral Regional Counsels
Effective July 1, 2013, the Legislature repealed the Capital Collateral Registry Attorney Pilot
Project for the Northern Region and reinstated the Northern Office of Capital Collateral Regional Counsel.
Ch. 2013-216, Laws of Florida (CS/CS/HB 7083). Accordingly, there are three offices of Capital
Collateral Regional Counsel (CCRC), located in the northern, middle, and southern regions of the state.
The northern region is comprised of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Judicial
Circuits; the middle region is comprised of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth,
and Eighteenth Judicial Circuits; and the southern region is comprised of the Eleventh, Fifteenth, Sixteenth,
Seventeenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Judicial Circuits.
Capital Collateral Attorney Registry
Notice: As of February 26, 2020, the Justice Administrative Commission’s Capital Collateral Attorney Registry consisted of 127 attorneys that were listed as qualified and willing to accept court appointments to death penalty post-conviction cases. On August 4, 2020, JAC emailed a survey link to those attorneys in order to determine if they still met the qualifications for such representation and desired to be appointed to such cases. The deadline to respond to the survey was August 19, 2020. Out of the 127 attorneys on the registry, only 37 attorneys responded to the survey, and of those 37, only 28 currently meet statutory requirements and are willing to accept new appointments. The current Capital Collateral Attorney Registry posted to JAC’s website on August 28, 2020 reflects these changes.
The Justice Administrative Commission (JAC) will continue to
maintain the registry of private attorneys who have indicated their eligibility to be appointed to represent indigent
defendants in capital collateral cases. For the purpose of private court appointment, two CCRCs must have an actual
conflict of interest, as required by the new law. Moreover, the new law transferred the contracting and payment of
private court-appointed Capital Collateral Registry Attorneys from the Department of Financial Services to the JAC
effective July 1, 2013.
Capital Collateral Links and Information
Capital Collateral Regional Counsels in Florida
Capital Collateral Regional Counsels Map
