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Member Review
All dispositions, except for diversion recommendations,
recommended by Bar Counsel following docketing and completion of investigation
shall be reviewed by a contact member who may approve or disapprove
the recommendation of Bar Counsel or suggest that it be modified.
In approving, rejecting, or suggesting modification of the recommendation
of Bar Counsel, the contact member shall give due deference to the
expertise of Bar Counsel in disciplinary matters and to the responsibility
of Bar Counsel to allocate the investigative and prosecutorial resources
of Bar Counsel’s office. The contact member may condition approval
upon further investigation by Bar Counsel or modification of the disposition.
The contact member is permitted to consult informally with Bar Counsel
in order to ascertain Bar Counsel’s reasons for the recommendation
and to express more fully to Bar Counsel the reasons for the contact
member’s approval, rejection, or suggested modification.
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