Section 89.271. Reinstatement only by Court order

Enforcement Rule 218(a) provides that an attorney may not resume practice until reinstated by order of the Supreme Court after petition pursuant to Rule 218 if the attorney was:

(1) suspended for a period exceeding one year;

(2) retired, on inactive status or on administrative suspension if the formerly admitted attorney has not been on active status at any time within the past three years;

(3) transferred to inactive status as a result of the sale of his or her practice pursuant to Rule 1.17 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct; or

(4) disbarred.

Official Note

Probation under § 89.291 (relating to probation) may be imposed in conjunction with a suspension which may be stayed in whole or in part. If probation is imposed in any particular case in conjunction with a suspension for more than one year that is not stayed and the probation runs for the full period of suspension unless violated, the probation will continue until the termination of any required reinstatement proceedings.

The provisions of this § 89.271 amended January 15, 1988, effective January 16, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 243; amended December 7, 1990, effective December 8, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 6041; amended March 1, 1991, effective March 2, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 827; amended April 12, 2002, effective immediately, 32 Pa.B. 1838; amended August 7, 2009, effective immediately, 39 Pa.B. 4725; amended November 2, 2012, effective November 3, 2012, 42 Pa.B. 6864. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (363161) to (363162).