Rule 82.1 Absence of Counsel

Whenever an attorney plans to be away from the Commonwealth, or otherwise unavailable for the transaction of business at the attorney’s regular office in the Commonwealth, for a period of 3 consecutive days or more, such attorney must, not later than 15 days prior to the anticipated dates of absence, submit an Off-Island Report using the “Off-Island Report” feature on the CNMI Bar Association website.

Note [1] Rule 82.1 does not track the substantive language of the corresponding federal rule or the former Commonwealth rule.