In re Administrative Suspensions

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court ordered the suspension of lawyers who failed to comply with continuing legal education reporting or payment requirements for the 2012–2013 reporting year. The order directs the suspended lawyers to surrender their certificates, establishes reinstatement requirements, and warns that continued practice may constitute unauthorized practice of law and lead to disciplinary or contempt proceedings.

Holdings

1. Lawyers identified by the South Carolina Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization as noncompliant with the applicable continuing legal education reporting or payment requirements are suspended from the practice of law pursuant to Rule 419(d)(2), SCACR.
2. Suspended lawyers must surrender their certificates to practice law to the Clerk of the Supreme Court by June 21, 2013, and must seek reinstatement in the manner specified by Rule 419(e), SCACR; lawyers who have not verified their information in the Attorney Information System must do so before seeking reinstatement.

Questions Presented

1. Whether lawyers who failed to comply with the continuing legal education reporting and payment requirements for the 2012–2013 reporting year should be suspended from the practice of law under Rule 419(d)(2), SCACR.
2. What surrender and reinstatement requirements apply to the suspended lawyers.

Disposition

other