Procedures to Discipline and to Determine Personal Incapacity to Practice Law

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Section
73-3-301

Disciplinary jurisdiction

Section
73-3-303

Disciplinary agencies of court

Section
73-3-305

Composition of disciplinary agencies; employment of complaint counsel and other employees

Section
73-3-307

Powers of disciplinary agencies; contempt

Section
73-3-309

Committee on complaints; referral of complaints; formal requirement of complaints

Section
73-3-310

Duty of chancery and circuit courts to file complaints

Section
73-3-311

Committee on complaints; action to be taken upon receipt of complaint or charge

Section
73-3-313

Complaint counsel; investigations; notice and hearing to accused attorney

Section
73-3-315

Complaint counsel; rules governing investigatory hearings

Section
73-3-317

Complaint counsel; investigatory hearings; report of testimony and findings; response by accused attorney

Section
73-3-319

Committee on complaints; action to be taken upon receipt of complaint counsel's report

Section
73-3-321

Filing and prosecution of formal complaints; requirements of complaint and other pleadings; service

Section
73-3-323

Complaint tribunal; designation; per diem, mileage and necessary expenses

Section
73-3-325

Complaint tribunal; hearing; notice; rules

Section
73-3-327

Complaint tribunal; written opinion; judgment

Section
73-3-329

Complaint tribunal; appeal from judgment; record on appeal; scope of review; rules of practice

Section
73-3-331

Complaint tribunal; effect of judgment of suspension or disbarment; appeal as supersedeas

Section
73-3-333

Resignation by accused attorney during course of disciplinary proceedings; procedure; effect; section provides exclusive method

Section
73-3-335

Modification or termination of suspension

Section
73-3-337

Reinstatement

Section
73-3-339

Conviction or entry of plea of nolo contendere for certain offenses

Section
73-3-341

Disbarment or suspension in another jurisdiction

Section
73-3-343

Confidentiality of matters under investigation and proceedings; penalties

Section
73-3-345

Immunity from civil suit predicated on disciplinary proceedings

Section
73-3-347

Personal incapacity; meaning of term "personally incapable" to practice law

Section
73-3-349

Personal incapacity; suspension

Section
73-3-351

Personal incapacity; proceedings; circumstances showing existence of condition

Section
73-3-353

Personal incapacity; representation by counsel; guardian

Section
73-3-355

Personal incapacity; service on attorney who has been committed or declared incompetent

Section
73-3-357

Personal incapacity; sufficiency, as evidence, of court order of incompetence or commitment

Section
73-3-359

Personal incapacity; mental examination and reports

Section
73-3-361

Personal incapacity; judgment of suspension by complaint tribunal

Section
73-3-363

Personal incapacity; appeal procedures

Section
73-3-365

Personal incapacity; reinstatement procedures

Section
73-3-367

Disciplinary agencies; authority to incur expenses

Section
73-3-369

Jurisdiction over nonresident attorneys; notice; service

Section
73-3-371

Plea of nolo contendere; consent order of suspension or disbarment

Section
73-3-373

Recognition of inherent power of judicial branch of government