Section 14 - Costs; Civil Penalties(A)Costs(1) As used in Section 15 of this rule, "costs" includes all of the following: (a) The expenses of relator, as described in Section 6 of this rule, that have been reimbursed by the Board;(b) The direct expenses incurred by the hearing panel and the Board, including, but not limited to, the expense of a court reporter and transcript of any hearing before the hearing panel.(c) Publication fees incurred in compliance with Section 19(G) of this rule.(2) "Costs" shall not include attorney's fees incurred by the relator.(B)Civil penalties The Board may recommend, and the Supreme Court may impose, civil penalties in an amount up to ten thousand dollars per offense. Any penalty shall be based on the following factors:
(1) The degree of cooperation provided by the respondent in the investigation;(2) The number of occasions that the unauthorized practice of law was committed;(3) The flagrancy of the violation;(4) Harm to third parties arising from the offense;(5) Any other relevant factors.Amended April 27, 2021, effective 7/1/2021