Rule 225 Types of Discipline
Rule Text
(a) Discipline. An attorney who commits misconduct may be disciplined by any of the following:
(1) disbarment by the Supreme Court;
(2) suspension by the Supreme Court for an indefinite period of time;
(3) suspension by the Supreme Court for a definite period of time;
(4) probation by the Supreme Court for a definite period of time under Rule 227;
(5) censure by the Supreme Court, which the Supreme Court may order to be published in the Kansas Reports;
(6) informal admonition, which is not published and is the least serious form of public discipline and which may be imposed by a hearing panel or by the disciplinary administrator at the direction of the review committee; or
(7) any other discipline or condition the Supreme Court determines is appropriate.
(b) Disciplinary History. All types of discipline become a permanent part of an attorney’s reportable disciplinary history.
Amendment history: New rule adopted effective January 1, 2021.