The petitioner shall serve notice of a petition for reinstatement by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested, on the Chief Disciplinary Counsel and shall publish the notice as a paid classified announcement in the Texas Bar Journal. After the filing of the petition and service, the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply except when in conflict with these rules. All questions of fact and law shall be determined by the trial court without the aid of a jury.
Tex. R. Disc. P. 11.04