BEFORE THE INVESTIGATIVE PANEL OF THE FLORIDA JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION STATE OF FLORIDA Case No.: SC13-1333 INQUIRY CONCERNING A JUDGE NO. 12-613 RE: LAURA MARIE WATSON / NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL The undersigned counsel and law firm hereby respectfully give notice of their withdrawal as counsel to Respondent, the Honorable Laura Marie Watson. Notice of said withdrawal was provided and received by counsel to the Judicial Qualifications Commission, Miles McGrane and Michael Schneider, on July 30, 2013. Said Notice included appropriate contact information where all future pleadings and other communications pertaining to the above-captioned proceeding could be provided to the Respondent. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE WE HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the Notice of Withdrawal of Counsel has been furnished by email to: Miles A. McGrane, III, Esq. [email protected] The McGrane Law Firm, Special Counsel, One Datran Center, Suite 1500, 9100 South Dadeland Boulevard, Miami, Florida 33156, Michael L. Schneider, Esq. [email protected] General Counsel, 1110 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32303 and The Honorable Laura Marie Watson, [email protected] 201 SE 6th Street, Room 1005B, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301, this 31 st day of July, 2013. RECEIVED, 7/31/2013 11:53:36, Thomas D. Hall, Clerk, Supreme Court Electronically Filed 07/31/2013 11:51:28 AM ET