Local Rule Attorney Rule 13: DUTIES OF THE CLERK WITH RESPECT TO CONVICTIONS OR DISCIPLINE BY OTHER COURTS
S.D. Fla. — Attorney rule
RULE 13. DUTIES OF THE CLERK WITH RESPECT TO CONVICTIONS OR DISCIPLINE BY OTHER COURTS
(a) Upon being informed that an attorney admitted to practice before this Court has been convicted of any crime, the Clerk of the Court shall determine whether the court in which such conviction occurred has forwarded a certificate of such conviction to this Court. If a certificate has not been so forwarded, the Clerk of the Court shall promptly obtain a certificate, file it with this Court, and serve it upon the attorney.
(b) Upon being informed that an attorney admitted to practice before this Court has been subjected to discipline by another court, the Clerk of the Court shall determine whether a certified or exemplified copy of the disciplinary judgment or order has been filed with this Court, and, if not, the Clerk of the Court shall promptly obtain a certified or exemplified copy of the disciplinary judgment or order, file it with this Court, and serve it upon the attorney.
(c) Whenever it appears that any person who has been convicted of any crime or disbarred or suspended or censured or disbarred on consent by this Court is admitted to practice law in any other jurisdiction or before any other court, this Court shall, within fourteen (14) days of that conviction, disbarment, suspension, censure, or disbarment on consent, transmit to the disciplinary authority in such other jurisdiction, or for such other court, a certificate of the conviction or a certified or exemplified copy of the judgment or order of disbarment, suspension, censure, or disbarment on consent, as well as the last known office and residence addresses of the disciplined attorney.
(d) The Clerk of the Court shall, likewise, promptly notify the National Discipline Bank operated by the American Bar Association of any order imposing public discipline on any attorney admitted to practice before this Court.
Effective December 1, 1994. Amended effective April 15, 2007; April 15, 2010; December 1, 2015; December 1, 2017; December 2, 2019.