Ohio Gov. Bar. R. 10

As amended through July 25, 2024

Section 10 - Failure to Register; Late Registration Fee; Summary Suspension; Reinstatement [Effective until January 1, 2025]

(A) Late fee

An attorney who fails to register and pay a fee as required by this rule on or before the date on which it becomes due, but does so within sixty days of that date, shall be assessed a late registration fee of one hundred dollars. The late registration fee shall be in addition to the applicable registration fee.

(B) Suspension from the practice of law

An attorney who fails to register and pay the fees required by this rule either on a timely basis or within the late registration period provided for in division (A) of this section shall be notified of apparent noncompliance by the Office of Attorney Services. The office shall send the notice of apparent noncompliance by regular mail to the attorney at the most recent address provided by the attorney to the office. The notice shall inform the attorney that the attorney will be summarily suspended from the practice of law in Ohio and not entitled to practice law in Ohio unless, on or before the date and in the manner set forth in the notice, the attorney either files evidence of compliance with the requirements of this rule or comes into compliance. If the attorney does not file evidence of compliance or come into compliance on or before the date set forth in the notice, the attorney shall be summarily suspended from the practice of law in Ohio. The office shall record the suspension on the roll of attorneys and send notice of the suspension by certified mail to the attorney at the most recent address provided by the attorney to the office. The Supreme Court Reporter shall publish notice of the suspension in the Ohio Official Reports and the Ohio State Bar Association Report.

(C) Prohibited activities by suspended attorney

An attorney who is summarily suspended pursuant to division (B) of this section shall not do any of the following:

(1) Practice law in Ohio;

(2) Hold the attorney's self out as authorized to practice law in Ohio;

(3) Hold nonfederal judicial office in Ohio;

(4) Occupy a nonfederal position in Ohio in which the attorney is called upon to give legal advice or counsel or to examine the law or pass upon the legal effect of any act, document, or law;

(5) Be employed in the Ohio judicial system in a position required to be held by an attorney;

(6) Practice before any nonfederal court or agency in this state on behalf of any person except the attorney's self.

(D) Reinstatement

An attorney who is summarily suspended pursuant to division (B) of this section may be reinstated to the practice of law by applying for reinstatement with the Office of Attorney Services, complying with the requirements of Section 2 of this rule, including payment of the applicable registration fee, and paying a reinstatement fee of three hundred dollars. The office shall send notice of reinstatement to an attorney who meets the conditions for reinstatement and shall record the reinstatement on the roll of attorneys. The Supreme Court Reporter shall publish notice of the reinstatement in the Ohio Official Reports and the Ohio State Bar Association Report.

Ohio. Gov. Bar. R. 10

Amended February 9, 2023, effective 7/1/2023.