Rule 52 - Consideration by Committee(a) Upon receipt of an application the Committee shall conduct such investigations and hold such hearings as it determines necessary to establish whether the application should be granted. Hearings will be conducted informally. Both the applicant and the lawyer shall be afforded opportunities to present argument and evidence, and to cross-examine opposing witnesses. The Committee may request the attorney selected pursuant to Rule 47(a) to present argument and evidence, if the Committee believes this will assist it in reaching its decision. The Committee shall provide a copy of the application to the lawyer complained of and shall notify the lawyer and the applicant of the date and time for a hearing on the application.
(b) The Committee may delegate responsibility for holding a hearing to a subcommittee of one or more of its members. The subcommittee shall prepare a proposed report containing the information required by Rule 52(c), which shall be promptly considered by the Committee. The Committee shall (1) approve and adopt the proposed report, or (2) remand the proposed report to the same or a different subcommittee for the taking of further evidence or for preparation of a new proposed report, or (3) consider the matter de novo on the basis of the record made at hearing. (c) At the conclusion of the Committee's consideration of an application pursuant to this Rule, it shall promptly make and transmit to the office of the Alaska Bar Association a report consisting of a brief statement of the proceedings had, clear and concise findings of fact adopted by the Committee a brief statement of its conclusions and a recommendation to the Board. (d) Upon receipt of the report, the Executive Director shall provide copies of it to the attorney or the attorney's representative and the claimant. (e) Within twenty (20) days of receiving notice of the filing of the report with the Board, any party may file written objections to the report. Added by SCO 214 effective 1/1/1976; amended by SCO 409 effective , nunc pro tunc,1/1/1980; by SCO 722 effective 12/15/1986; by SCO 867 effective 7/15/1988; by SCO 1029 effective 7/15/1990; by SCO 1064 effective 7/15/1991; and by SCO 1153 effective 7/15/1994