2011 South Dakota Code
Title 16 COURTS AND JUDICIARY
Chapter 19. Discipline Of Attorneys
§16-19-92 Order transferring disabled attorney to inactive status--Pending disciplinary proceedings.


SD Codified L § 16-19-92 (through 2011) What's This?

16-19-92. Order transferring disabled attorney to inactive status--Pending disciplinary proceedings. If, upon due consideration of the matter, the Supreme Court concludes that the attorney is incapacitated from continuing to practice law, it shall enter an order transferring him to disability inactive status on the grounds of such disability for an indefinite period and until the further order of the court. Any pending disciplinary proceeding against the attorney shall be held in abeyance. An attorney transferred to disability inactive status shall not be permitted to practice law or act as a legal assistant except as provided by §§ 16-18-34.4 to 16-18-34.7, inclusive.

Source: Sup. Ct. Disc. Rules Aug. 28, 1974, § 6 (b); SDCL Supp, 16-19 Appx.; Supreme Court Rule 78-1, Rule XV (b); Supreme Court Rule 97-35.

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