Section 18 - Interim Suspension for a Felony Conviction or Default Under a Child Support Order(A)(1) Interim Suspension. A judicial officer or an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio shall be subject to an interim suspension under either of the following circumstances:(a) The judicial officer or attorney is convicted in Ohio of a felony or of an equivalent offense under the laws of any other state or federal jurisdiction;(b) A final and enforceable determination has been made pursuant to Chapter 3123. of the Revised Code that the judicial officer or attorney is in default under a child support order.(2) A certified copy of the entry of conviction of a judicial officer or an attorney of a felony offense shall be transmitted within ten days of the date of the entry by the judge entering the judgment to the director of the Board and to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel or the president, secretary, or chair of the geographically appropriate certified grievance committee. A certified copy of the court or child support enforcement agency determination that a judicial officer or attorney is in default under a child support order shall be transmitted as provided in R.C. 4705.021.(3) Upon receipt from any source of a certified copy of the entry of conviction or of the determination of default under a child support order, the director promptly shall submit the entry or determination to the Supreme Court. The entry shall be submitted whether the conviction resulted from a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, from a verdict after trial, or otherwise and regardless of the pendency of an appeal.(4) The Supreme Court may enter an order as it considers appropriate, including an order immediately suspending the judicial officer or attorney from the practice of law pending further proceedings pursuant to these rules.(B) Conclusive Evidence. A certified copy of the entry of conviction of an offense or of a determination of default under a child support order shall be conclusive evidence of the commission of that offense or of the default in any disciplinary proceedings instituted against a judicial officer or an attorney based upon the conviction or default.(C) Time for Hearing. Any disciplinary proceeding instituted against a judicial officer or an attorney based on a conviction of an offense or on default under a child support order shall not be brought to hearing until all direct appeals from the conviction or proceedings directly related to the default determination are concluded.(D)(1) Reinstatement. A judicial officer or an attorney suspended under this rule or Rule II of the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Judiciary of Ohio shall be reinstated by the Supreme Court upon the filing with and submission to the Supreme Court by the director of any of the following: (a) A certified copy of an entry reversing the conviction of the offense;(b) A certified copy of an entry reversing the determination of default under a child support order;(c) A notice from a court or child support enforcement agency that the judicial officer or attorney is no longer in default under a child support order or is subject to a withholding or deduction notice or a new or modified child support order to collect current support or any arrearage due under the child support order that was in default and is complying with that notice or order.(2) Reinstatement shall not terminate any pending disciplinary proceeding.(E) Duty of Clerk on Entering Order. Upon the entry of an order suspending or reinstating a judicial officer or an attorney pursuant to this section, the clerk of the Supreme Court shall mail certified copies of the order as provided in Section 17 of this rule.