The period of interim disability inactive status will continue until further order of the Court. A copy of the order will be served upon the attorney so transferred, his or her guardian, or the director of the institution to which (s)he has been committed or in a manner that the Court may direct. The order of transfer to interim disability inactive status will be in effect pending final disposition of a disability hearing proceeding. The hearing will be commenced upon the transfer to interim disability inactive status, and will be conducted in accordance with Section (b) of this Rule. The transfer to interim disability inactive status will terminate upon the final disposition of the disability proceedings, or upon the earlier entry of an order by the Court terminating interim disability inactive status. An attorney transferred to interim disability inactive status may petition the Court for a return to active status upon the filing of documentation demonstrating that the attorney has been judicially declared competent. The reinstatement will not terminate any formal disability proceeding then pending against the attorney.
When the disability or incapacity is removed and the attorney has been restored to active status, the Board will cause a notice of transfer to active status to be similarly published.
Bar Counsel will transmit to the National Lawyer Regulatory Bank maintained by the American Bar Association, and any jurisdiction to which Respondent has been admitted, notice of all transfers to inactive status due to disability and all orders granting reinstatement.
The attorney seeking transfer from disability inactive status shall file a verified application for reinstatement with the Court, with a copy served upon the Director. In the application, the attorney will
Upon receipt of the application for reinstatement, the Director will refer the application to a Hearing Committee in the jurisdiction in which the attorney maintained an office at the time of his or her transfer to disability inactive status; the Hearing Committee will promptly schedule a hearing; at the hearing, the attorney will have the burden of demonstrating that the attorney's disability has been removed and (s)he meets the standards of character and fitness contained in Rule 2(1)(d); within 30 days of the conclusion of the hearing, the Hearing Committee will issue a report setting forth its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation; the Committee will serve a copy of the report upon the attorney and Bar Counsel, and transmit it, together with the record of the hearing, to the Board; any appellate action will be subject to the appellate procedures set forth in Rule 25.
At its next scheduled meeting at least 30 days after receipt of the Hearing Committee's report, the Board will review the report and the record; the Board will file its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation with the Court, together with the record and the Hearing Committee report; the application will be placed upon the calendar of the Court for acceptance or rejection of the Board's recommendation.
In all proceedings concerning an application for reinstatement from disability inactive status, Bar Counsel may cross-examine the attorney's witnesses and submit evidence in opposition to the application.
The application will be granted by the Court upon a showing that the attorney's disability has been removed and (s)he is fit to resume the practice of law. Upon application, the Court may take or direct any action it deems necessary to determine whether the attorney's disability or incapacity has been removed, including an order for an examination of the attorney by qualified medical and/or psychological experts that the Court may designate. In its discretion, the Court may order that the expense of the examination be paid by the attorney. In addition, the Court may direct that the necessary expenses incurred in the investigation and processing of any application for reinstatement from disability inactive status be paid by the attorney.
Prior to reinstatement, the attorney must pay to the Bar, in cash or by certified check, the full active membership fees due and owing the Association for the year in which (s)he is reinstated.
Alaska Bar. R. 30