As amended through November 5, 2024
Rule 516 - Duties after Limitations on the Right to Practice Law(a)Duties. Unless otherwise specified, a Supreme Court order imposing interim suspension, suspension, disbarment, resignation in lieu of disciplinary proceedings or transfer to disability inactive status, shall be effective upon date of entry. After the date of entry, the Respondent shall: (1) not accept any new retainer or engage as a Lawyer for another in any new case or legal matter of any nature;(2) have 14 days after the effective date of the order limiting the right to practice law to wind up and complete on behalf of any client, all matters pending on the entry date;(3) refund any part of any fees paid in advance that have not been earned;(4) move for leave to withdraw, or to substitute counsel in any pending litigation, and notify opposing counsel and adverse parties of such withdrawal or substitution of counsel;(5) not use any sign or advertise that he or she, either alone or with any other person, has, owns, conducts or maintains a law office or office of any kind for the practice of law, or that he or she is entitled to practice law, and he or she shall promptly remove any sign indicating same;(6) not use any stationery, bank accounts or checks whereon his or her name appears as a Lawyer or attorney at law;(7) promptly remove his or her listing from any telephone directory indicating he or she is a Lawyer or attorney or holds a similar title;(8) promptly contact the publishers of Martindale-Hubbell law directory and any other listing in which his or her name appears and cause the removal of any listing that states he or she is a member of the Bar in good standing;(9) comply with the provisions of Idaho Code section 30-1309, concerning membership and participation in professional service corporations;(10) not practice law, not appear as an attorney before any court, justice, judge, board, commission, division or other public authority or agency and not share in any fee for legal service performed by himself or herself;(11) not maintain a presence or occupy an office where the practice of law is conducted; and(12) comply with any other requirement of the Supreme Court.(b)Failure to Comply. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section may be grounds for a further Sanction, the imposition of a previously withheld Sanction, the denial of a petition to dissolve an interim suspension or the denial of a motion to reinstate.