Rule 304 Annual License Fees

Maintenance of membership in the Bar shall require payment of a non-refundable annual license fee payable on or before February 1, as prescribed below:

(a) In the Calendar Year of Admission.

(1) Two hundred dollars ($200) if admitted prior to July 1 of the calendar year; or

(2) One hundred and thirty dollars ($130) if admitted on or after July 1 of the calendar year.

(b) Active and House Counsel Members.

(1) Three hundred and fifty dollars ($350) in the first, second and third full calendar years after admission.

(2) Four hundred and eighty-five dollars ($485) in the fourth full calendar year after admission and each year thereafter.

(c) Inactive and Emeritus Members.

(1) One hundred seventy dollars ($170) in each full calendar year after admission.

(2) Eighty ($80) for each year following the calendar year of the lawyer’s seventy-second birthday.

(d) Retired Judicial Members

(1) No fee.

(e) Senior Members.

(1) Eighty dollars ($80).

(f) Members Aged Seventy-Two (72) Years or Older.

(1) Eighty dollars ($80) for the first full calendar year following an attorney’s seventy-second (72nd) birthday and every year thereafter.

(g) Late Fees.

(1) Annual license fee.

(A) Active and House Counsel Members who fail to pay the annual license fee by February 1 shall pay an additional fee of one hundred dollars ($100).

(B) Inactive, Emeritus and Senior Members who fail to pay the annual license fee by February 1 shall pay an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25).

(2) MCLE.

(A) An attorney who requires additional time beyond the end of the attorney’s reporting period to obtain the necessary credits to meet MCLE requirements shall pay an additional fee of one hundred dollars ($100).