Rule 13-17 - Perfecting an Appeal of a District Committee Determination by the RespondentA.Notice of Appeal; Demand. Within ten days after service on the Respondent of the District Committee Determination, the Respondent may file with the Clerk either a notice of appeal to the Board or a notice of appeal and a written demand that further proceedings be conducted pursuant to Va. Code § 54.1-3935.I n either case, the Respondent must send copies to the District Committee Chair and to Bar Counsel. Upon such demand, further proceedings before the Board must terminate, and Bar Counsel must file the complaint required by Va. Code § 54.13935. The hearing must be scheduled as soon as practicable. If the Respondent fails to file a demand, as specified above, the Respondent is deemed to have consented to the jurisdiction of the Board.B.Staying of Discipline. If the Clerk receives a timely notice of appeal from a Public Reprimand, with or without Terms, or an Admonition, with or without Terms, the sanctions must be stayed during the pendency of the appeal.C.Filing the Transcript and Record on Appeal. The Respondent must certify in the notice of appeal or written demand that he or she has ordered from the Court Reporter a complete transcript of the proceedings before the District Committee, at the Respondent's cost. Upon receipt of the notice of appeal or written demand, Bar Counsel must forward those portions of the record in his or her possession to the Clerk. The transcript is a part of the record when it is received in the office of the Clerk within 40 days after filing of the notice of appeal or written demand. The Clerk must retain the records until the transcript has been received or for 40 days after the notice of appeal or written demand has been received, whichever occurs first, and must then dispose of the record as prescribed in the records retention policy set forth in this Paragraph. Failure of the Respondent to make the complete transcript a part of the Record as specified herein must result in Dismissal of the appeal by the Board, whether initiated by notice of appeal or written demand, and affirmance of the sanction imposed by the District Committee. Bar Counsel initiates the three-judge Circuit Court process for the appeal only after receipt of the transcript by the Clerk.D.Appeal to a Circuit Court. An appeal to a Circuit Court pursuant to Va. Code § 54.1-3935 is conducted before a duly convened three-judge Circuit Court as an appeal on the record using the same procedure prescribed for an appeal of a District Committee Determination before the Board under this Paragraph. The Clerk must forward the record to the clerk of the designated Circuit Court only upon receipt of the transcript as provided in the preceding subparagraph C.E.Appeal from Agreed Sanction Prohibited. No appeal lies from any sanction to which the Respondent has agreed.Amended by order dated February 27, 2009, effective 5/1/2009; Updated: 12/20/2011; amended by order dated October 2, 2019, effective 12/1/2019; order dated May 9, 2023, effective 5/9/2023.