Rule 13.04 - Oral Argument(A) Scheduling (1) Oral argument will be scheduled and heard after the filing of objections and briefs to a final certified report filed by the Board of Commissioners on Character and Fitness, the Board of Professional Conduct, or the Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law.(2) Division (A)(1) of this rule notwithstanding, in cases in which a party files objections to a certified report filed by the Board of Professional Conduct regarding a petition for reinstatement, a petition for revocation of probation, or in reciprocal discipline cases, oral argument will not be scheduled; however, the Supreme Court may order oral argument on the merits either sua sponte or in response to a request by either party. A request for oral argument shall be by motion and filed no later than twenty days after the objections and brief of petitioner or relator.(B) Waiver of oral argument (1) Any party may waive oral argument as provided for in S.Ct.Prac.R. 17.03. (2) Any party who fails to file objections or an answer and the accompanying brief as required by the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Bar of Ohio or the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Judiciary of Ohio shall be deemed to have waived oral argument.Ohio. R. Prac. S. Ct. 13.04
Effective Date:1/1/2013; amended 1/1/2015; 1/1/2017.