A current or former member of the Board of Bar Commissioners, of the staff of the Office of General Counsel, of the Disciplinary Commission, of the Disciplinary Board, or of a local grievance committee shall not represent a respondent or appear as a character witness for a respondent in any proceeding that is or was being investigated and/or prosecuted during the member's service on the respective Board, Commission, or committee or within a three-year period of the member's ceasing to serve on the Board, the Commission, the staff, or the committee.
Ala. R. Disc. P. 35
The order amending Rule 4, Rule 4.1, Rule 4.2, Rule 5, Rule 8, Rule 12, Rule 15, Rule 20, Rule 21, Rule 22, Rule 23, Rule 27, Rule 28, Rule 29, Rule 32, Rule 33, and Rule 35, rescinding Rule 5.1 and Rule 8.1, and adopting Rule 12.1, is dated September 12, 2008, and is effective October 6, 2008.
.Note from the reporter of decisions: The order adopting Rule 35, effective August 1, 2000, is published in that volume of Alabama Reporter that contains Alabama cases from 753 So.2d.
Note from the reporter of decisions: The order amending Rule 4, Rule 4.1, Rule 4.2, Rule 5, Rule 8, Rule 12, Rule 15, Rule 20, Rule 21, Rule 22, Rule 23, Rule 27, Rule 28, Rule 29, Rule 32, Rule 33, and Rule 35, and adopting Rule 12.1, effective October 6, 2008, is published in that volume of Alabama Reporter that contains Alabama cases from 994 So.2d.
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