| 14.4—Attorneys
Judicially Declared Mentally Incompetent or Committed to a Mental Hospital
As An Inpatient
- Bar Counsel’s Motion. Bar Counsel shall be responsible
for monitoring proceedings within the District of Columbia, and
in other jurisdictions where practicable, wherein respondent has
been judicially declared to be mentally incompetent or has been
involuntarily committed to a mental hospital as an inpatient,
and upon obtaining proof of that fact, Bar Counsel shall either
(1) promptly serve and file a motion requesting authority to submit
on behalf of the Board a petition (with appropriate affidavits
and/or other documentary proof) seeking, pursuant to Section 13(a)
of Rule XI of the Rules Governing the Bar, an order from the Court
suspending respondent from the practice of law effective immediately
and for an indefinite period of time until further order of the
Court; or (ii) notify the Board of Bar Counsel’s intention not
to file a motion under (I) above and the reasons therefore.
- Disposition of Bar Counsel’s Motion. The Board hereby
delegates authority to the Chair of the Board to enter an order
granting or denying Bar Counsel’s motion based on the affidavits
and other documentary proof of the parties unless the Chair of
the Board determines there is a genuine issue concerning one or
more of the material facts and refers such factual issues to a
Hearing Committee for an evidentiary hearing and report thereon
to the Board.
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