94- 649 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 2

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 649-2-2 - Minimum Experience, Training And Other Eligibility Requirements

Any attorney wishing to accept case assignments from the Commission, serve as contract counsel or otherwise be approved by the Commission to accept assignments must satisfy the following conditions.

1.Licensed to Practice

a) The attorney must be licensed to practice law in the State of Maine and be in good standing with the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar.

b) The attorney must promptly inform the Commission, in writing, of any complaint against the attorney filed with the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar that has been set for a grievance panel hearing or hearing before a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. Failure to comply with this requirement is grounds for removal from the roster.

c) The attorney must inform the Commission, in writing, within 5 days of any criminal charge filed against the attorney in any jurisdiction and promptly inform the Commission of any disposition of such charge. Failure to comply with this requirement is grounds for removal from the roster.

2.Attorney Cooperation with Procedures and Monitoring

The attorney must register with the Commission annually in a manner prescribed by the Commission. The attorney must comply with all applicable Commission rules and procedures. The attorney must comply with Commission monitoring and performance evaluations. The attorney must also comply with any Commission investigation of complaints, billing discrepancies, or other information that, in the view of the Executive Director, concerns the question of whether the attorney is fit to remain on the roster. Except as pertains to indigent cases assigned to the attorney, the Executive Director cannot require an attorney to disclose information that is privileged or made confidential by statute, by court rule or by court order.

94- 649 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 2