Rule 12 Reinstatement
Rule Text
A suspended member may seek reinstatement by filing a petition for reinstatement and six copies with the Court. Such petition shall be filed within one (1) year of the date of the order of suspension. A copy of the petition shall also be provided to the executive director of the Wyoming State Bar. The petition shall be supported by an affidavit which shows: (1) all past annual license fees, the current year’s annual license fee and any late charges have been paid in full, in addition to all past and current annual fees for continuing legal education; (2) the attorney is current on all mandatory continuing legal education requirements; (3) there have been no claims in regard to the attorney by the Client Protection Fund for which the fund has not been reimbursed; and (4) the attorney has complied with all other applicable conditions for reinstatement. The petition shall be accompanied by a $300.00 fee. A response by the executive director of the Wyoming State Bar may be filed within twenty (20) days of the date of service of the petition for reinstatement. If an attorney who is suspended from the practice of law for failure to comply with continuing legal education requirements has not petitioned for reinstatement within one (1) year of the date of the order of suspension, such attorney’s membership in the Wyoming State Bar shall be terminated by order of the Court. Such attorney who thereafter seeks admission to the Wyoming State Bar shall comply with the admissions requirements set forth in the Wyoming Rules and Procedures Governing Admission to the Practice of Law.
Amendment history: Amended April 3, 2007, effective June 1, 2007; amended August 10, 2012, effective September 30, 2012; amended August 27, 2014, effective October 1, 2014; amended June 2, 2015, effective July 1, 2015; amended July 9, 2019, effective January 1, 2020; amended May 4, 2022, effective July 5, 2022. Reinstatement denied. — Where the attorney satisfied the terms of his disciplinary suspension, the Supreme Court of Wyoming issued an order lifting the disciplinary suspension; however, the attorney could not be reinstated to the practice of law, as there was no indication that he had resolved his continuing legal education suspension. The Supreme Court of Wyoming had not received a positive recommendation from the Wyoming State Board of Continuing Legal Education. Bd. of Prof’l Responsibility v. Elsom, 2010 WY 50, 230 P.3d 298, 2010 Wyo. LEXIS 53 (Wyo. 2010). Particular cases. — Attorney who was suspended for failure to comply with continuing legal education requirements under Wyo. R. for Continuing Legal Education of Members of the Wyo. State Bar 4 and 10(e) was required to seek reinstatement with the Wyoming Board of Continuing Legal Education pursuant to Wyo. R. for Continuing Legal Education of Members of the Wyo. State Bar 12 as well as being reinstated by the Board of Professional Responsibility. Bd. of Prof’l Responsibility v. Elsom, 2008 WY 76, 187 P.3d 358, 2008 Wyo. LEXIS 79 (Wyo. 2008).