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            ALABAMA RULES OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE

  Preamble
  Rule 1.  Jurisdiction
  Rule 2.  Grounds for Discipline
  Rule 3.  Nature of Proceedings
  Rule 4.  The Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar
  Rule 4.1  The Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar -- Transitional Provision
  Rule 4.2  The Disciplinary Hearing Officer of the Alabama State Bar
  Rule 5.  The Disciplinary Commission of the Alabama State Bar
  Rule 5.1  [Rescinded effective Oct. 6, 2008 - see Alabama Reporter Vol. 994, p. xxxiv]
  Rule 6.  The General Counsel
  Rule 7.  Local Grievance Committees
  Rule 8.  Types of Discipline
  Rule 8.1  [Rescinded effective Oct. 6, 2008 - see Alabama Reporter Vol. 994, p. xxxiv]
  Rule 9.  Noncompliance with the Alabama State Bar Client Security Fund Rules
  Rule 10.  Noncompliance with the Alabama State Bar Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Rules
  Rule 11.  Noncompliance with the Alabama State Bar Interest on Lawyer Trust Account Rules
  Rule 12.  Procedures
  Rule 12.1.  Procedures -- Transitional Provision
  Rule 13.  Refusal of Complainant to Proceed, Compromise, Etc.
  Rule 14.  Matters Involving Related Pending Civil or Criminal Litigation
  Rule 15.  Immunity
  Rule 16.  Filing and Service of Formal Charges
Rule 17.  Subpoena Power, Witnesses, and Pretrial Proceedings
  Rule 18.  Conduct Not Subject to Disciplinary Action
  Rule 19.  Hearings
  Rule 20.  Interim Suspension and Summary Suspension
  Rule 21.  Probation
  Rule 22.  Mandatory Suspension or Disbarment
  Rule 23.  Disbarment by Consent
  Rule 24.  Discipline by Consent
  Rule 25.  Reciprocal Discipline
  Rule 26.  Disbarred or Suspended Lawyers or Lawyers on Disability Inactive Status
  Rule 27.  Transfer to Disability Inactive Status
  Rule 28.  Reinstatement
  Rule 29.  Appointment of Trustee or Supervising Lawyer to Protect the Interests of a Lawyer and the Lawyer's Clients
  Rule 30.  Confidentiality
  Rule 31.  Time Within Which Formal Disciplinary Proceedings Must be Instituted
  Rule 32.  Record Keeping
  Rule 33.  Publication and Costs
  Rule 34.  Effective Date
  Rule 35.  Disqualification
  Rule 36.  Unauthorized Practice of Law Proceeding
  Appendix "A"  Petition for Reinstatement

 

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