Section 24 - Discipline by Consent24.1. An attorney against whom formal charges have been served may at any stage of the proceedings before the Board, hearing panel or trial court, thereafter tender a conditional guilty plea to the petition or to a particular count thereof in exchange for a stated form of punishment. Such a tendered plea shall be submitted to Disciplinary Counsel and approved or rejected by the Board upon recommendation of the hearing panel if the matter has been assigned for hearing, or shall be approved or rejected by the trial court if an appeal has been filed pursuant to Section 33; subject, however, in either event, to final approval or rejection by the Court if the stated form of punishment includes disbarment, suspension or public censure. In conjunction with the Court's review as set forth herein, the Board shall file in the Nashville office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court and shall serve on the respondent attorney and his/her counsel of record pursuant to Section 18.2 a Notice of Submission with an attached copy of the proposed Order of Enforcement and a Protocol Memorandum as defined in Section 2. The respondent attorney shall not be permitted to file a response to the Protocol Memorandum required under this Section.24.2. A continuance in a hearing panel proceeding, or before a trial court, on the basis of such a tender shall be granted only with the concurrence of Disciplinary Counsel. Approval of such a tendered plea by the Board or trial court and, if required, by the Court shall divest the hearing panel or trial court of further jurisdiction. The final order of discipline shall be predicated upon the petition and an approved tendered conditional guilty plea.