Section 10 - Failure to Register; Late Registration Fee; Summary Suspension; Reinstatement [Effective January 1, 2025](A) Late fee An attorney who fails to file a completed certificate of registration and pay a fee as required by this rule on or before the date on which it becomes due, but does so within sixty days of that date, shall be assessed a late registration fee of one hundred dollars. The late registration fee shall be in addition to the applicable registration fee.
(B) Suspension from the practice of law (1) An attorney who fails to file a completed and pay the fees required by this rule either on a timely basis or within the late registration period provided for in division (A) of this section, or fails to comply with division (B)(2) of this section, shall be notified of apparent noncompliance by the Office of Attorney Services. The office shall send the notice of apparent noncompliance by regular mail to the attorney at the most recent address provided by the attorney to the office. The notice shall inform the attorney that the attorney will be summarily suspended from the practice of law in Ohio and not entitled to practice law in Ohio unless, on or before the date and in the manner set forth in the notice, the attorney either files evidence of compliance with the requirements of this rule or comes into compliance. If the attorney does not file evidence of compliance or come into compliance on or before the date set forth in the notice, the attorney shall be summarily suspended from the practice of law in Ohio. The office shall record the suspension on the roll of attorneys and send notice of the suspension by certified mail to the attorney at the most recent address provided by the attorney to the office. The Supreme Court Reporter shall publish notice of the suspension in the Ohio Official Reports and the Ohio State Bar Association Report.(2)(a) Beginning with the 2025 to 2027 registration biennium, and in each subsequent biennium, an attorney who is engaged in the private practice of law and under Section 4(B)(4)(a) of this rule discloses the attorney does not have professional liability insurance shall not be permitted to register and shall be subject to suspension under division (B)(1) of this section until the attorney either completes the Office of Disciplinary Counsel's proactive management-based regulation curriculum on the ethical operation of a law practice or obtains professional liability insurance and reports that fact to the Office of Attorney Services.(b) When reporting the purchase of professional liability insurance to the Office of Attorney Services for reinstatement under Section 10(B)(2)(a) of this rule, the attorney shall provide documentation showing the name of the insurer, the policy number, and the amount and dates of coverage.(c) An attorney newly admitted to the practice of law shall be exempt from the proactive management-based regulation curriculum requirement of Section 10(B)(2)(a) of this rule for the attorney's first registration biennium.(C) Prohibited activities by suspended attorney An attorney who is summarily suspended pursuant to division (B) of this section shall not do any of the following:
(1) Practice law in Ohio; (2) Hold the attorney's self out as authorized to practice law in Ohio; (3) Hold nonfederal judicial office in Ohio;(4) Occupy a nonfederal position in Ohio in which the attorney is called upon to give legal advice or counsel or to examine the law or pass upon the legal effect of any act, document, or law; (5) Be employed in the Ohio judicial system in a position required to be held by an attorney; (6) Practice before any nonfederal court or agency in this state on behalf of any person except the attorney's self. (D) Reinstatement An attorney who is summarily suspended pursuant to division (B) of this section may be reinstated to the practice of law by applying for reinstatement with the Office of Attorney Services, complying with the requirements of Section 2 of this rule, including payment of the applicable registration fee, and paying a reinstatement fee of three hundred dollars. The office shall send notice of reinstatement to an attorney who meets the conditions for reinstatement and shall record the reinstatement on the roll of attorneys. The Supreme Court Reporter shall publish notice of the reinstatement in the Ohio Official Reports and the Ohio State Bar Association Report.
Amended February 9, 2023, effective 7/1/2023; amended March 2, 2023, effective 1/1/2025.