Section 4 - [Effective until 1/1/2025] Obligations of Attorney(A)Registration requirements Each attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio or registered for corporate status shall keep informed of the registration requirements, deadlines, and fees. An attorney's failure to receive notice that a registration and fee are due or notice of noncompliance shall not affect any action taken under this rule.
(B)Contact information; email service address.(1) Each attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio or registered for corporate status shall provide the Office of Attorney Services with the attorney's current residence address, office address, office telephone number, office or residence email address, and email service address and shall notify the office of any change in the information recorded on the certificate of registration pursuant to Section 2 or 3 of this rule;(2) If an attorney fails to provide the Office of Attorney Services an email service address, the attorney's office or residence email address shall be deemed to be the attorney's email service address.(3) Service of any notice to an attorney by email service address pursuant to these rules or the Rules for the Government of the Judiciary of Ohio shall be deemed complete.(C)Demographic information For the purpose of compiling demographic data regarding attorneys registered in Ohio, the following may apply with regard to the registration record each attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio or registered for corporate status files with the Office of Attorney Services pursuant to this rule:
(1) The attorney may provide information identifying the gender, race, and ethnicity of the attorney in the manner required by the office;(2) The attorney may provide information identifying past or present service by the attorney in the United States armed forces, including any reserve component or the National Guard, in the manner required by the office.(D)Interest-bearing trust account information(1) For the purpose of compiling information regarding interest-bearing trust accounts established pursuant to R.C. 3953.231 or 4705.09, each attorney shall provide the following information when registering with the Office of Attorney Services pursuant to Section 2 or 3 of this rule: (a) The number of each trust or escrow account established by the attorney and the name and location of the financial institution with which each account is established; (b) If the attorney is affiliated with a law firm, legal professional association, corporation, legal clinic, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership or owns, operates, or owns an interest in a business that provides a law-related service, the number of each trust or escrow account established by the attorney and the name and location of the financial institution with which each account is established; (c) If the attorney is not required to maintain an interest-bearing trust or escrow account, information as to the basis for the exemption. (2) The Office of Attorney Services shall forward the information received pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section to the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation, which shall maintain the information consistent with R.C. 4705.10(B) and the rules of the foundation.Amended November 13, 2019, effective 2/1/2020; amended September 9, 2020, effective 11/1/2020; amended January 26, 2021, effective 7/1/2021; amended February 9, 2023, effective 7/1/2023; amended March 2, 2023, effective 7/1/2023.