- - Section 1. Scope
- - Section 2. Definitions
- - Section 3. Committee on Professional Conduct
- - Section 4. Committee Panels
- - Section 5. Office of Professional Conduct
- - Section 6. Confidentiality, Records
- - Section 7. Procedure
- - Section 8. Discovery
- - Section 9. Service of Complaint, Response, Failure to Respond, Reconsideration
- - Section 10. Vote by Ballot
- - Section 11. Public Hearing
- - Section 12. Appeal
- - Section 13. Disbarment Proceedings
- - Section 14. Reciprocal Disbarment or Suspension
- - Section 15. Criminal Activity
- - Section 16. Interim Suspension Procedure
- - Section 17. Sanctions
- - Section 18. Fines, Costs and Restitution
- - Section 19. Factors to be Considered in Imposing Sanction
- - Section 20. Surrender of License, Discipline by Consent
- - Section 21. Duties of Sanctioned Attorney
- - Section 22. Restrictions on Former Attorneys
- - Section 23. Reinstatement
- - Section 24. Readmission to the Bar
- - Section 25. Inactive Status
- - Section 26. Expungement of Dismissals
- - Section 27. Contempt
- - SECTION 28. Attorney trust account and automatic "overdraft" notification procedure
- - See Current/Former Procedures Parallel-References Table
PROCEDURES OF THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT
REGULATING PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
OF
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SECTION 8. DISCOVERY.
A. Scope. Within ten days following the filing with the Office of Professional Conduct of a request for a hearing by a respondent attorney after a ballot vote pursuant to Section 10(D) (3), the Executive Director and the respondent attorney shall exchange the names and addresses of all persons having knowledge of relevant facts. Within sixty (60) days following the filing of the request, the Executive Director and the respondent attorney may take depositions in accordance with Arkansas Rule of Civil Procedure 30 and shall comply with reasonable requests for (i) non-privileged information and evidence relevant to the charges or the attorney, and (ii) other material upon good cause shown to the chair of the panel before which the matter was pending.
B. Resolution of Disputes. Disputes concerning discovery shall be determined by the chair of the panel to which the matter was assigned. All discovery orders by the chair are interlocutory and may not be appealed prior to the entry of the final order.
C. Rules of Civil Procedure Not Applicable. Proceedings under these rules are not subject to the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure regarding discovery except those relating to depositions and subpoenas.