9 Rule 28 Appointment of Counsel to Protect Clients' Interests

A. Inventory of Attorney Files. If a lawyer within the Board’s jurisdiction has been transferred to disability inactive status, or has disappeared or died, or has been placed on interim suspension, suspended or disbarred, and there is evidence that the lawyer has not complied with Rule 27, and no partner, executor or other responsible party capable of conducting the respondent’s affairs is known to exist, the presiding judge in the superior court of each county in which the respondent maintained a practice, upon proper proof of the fact, shall appoint an attorney or attorneys to inventory the files of the respondent, and to take action as seems indicated to protect the interests of the respondent and respondent’s clients.

B. Protection of Records Subject to Inventory. Any attorney so appointed shall not be permitted to disclose any information contained in any files inventoried without the consent of the client to whom the file relates, except as necessary to carry out the order of the court which appointed the attorney to make the inventory.