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Member Review
All dispositions, except for diversion recommendations and
petitions for negotiated discipline, 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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