Rule 11 - Duties of suspended attorneys (a) Within 15 days of the date of an order of suspension, the suspended attorney shall notify the following persons by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, of the attorney's suspension and the attorney's consequent inability to act as an attorney after the effective date of the suspension: (1) All clients with pending matters in the State of Wyoming. The attorney shall advise clients to seek legal advice elsewhere and to obtain another attorney for litigated matters or administrative proceedings in the State of Wyoming. (2) Any co-counsel who is involved in litigated matters or administrative proceedings in the State of Wyoming. (3) The attorney for each adverse party or, in the absence of such counsel, the adverse party or parties in litigated matters or administrative proceedings in the State of Wyoming. The notice to parties shall state the place of residence of the client of the suspended attorney. (4) All courts or administrative bodies in which the attorney has matters pending in the State of Wyoming. (b) If an attorney has not filed a petition for reinstatement within six months from the date of the order, the attorney shall within 15 days deliver to all present and former clients all client files. (c) A suspended attorney shall notify the client of all deadlines and scheduled court dates. (d) A suspended attorney, after entry of the suspension order, shall not accept any new legal matters in the State of Wyoming. During the period from the entry date of the order to its effective date, the attorney may wind up and complete, on behalf of any client, all matters which were pending on the entry date. (e) A suspended attorney shall return any unearned fees. (f) Within 30 days after the effective date of the suspension order, the suspended attorney shall file with the Court and Board an affidavit showing that the attorney has fully complied with the provisions of the order and with this rule and stating the address where communications may thereafter be directed. (g) A suspended attorney shall maintain records of the steps taken to comply with this rule. (h) The provisions of this section are deemed to be incorporated into all orders of suspension. Failure to comply with any requirement of this section is punishable as contempt. (i) Suspension under these rules shall be considered an administrative suspension and shall not be considered as a disciplinary infraction. Wyo. R. State Bar, Att'y Cond. & Prac. 11
Amended April 3, 2007, effective June 1, 2007; amended August 10, 2012, effective September 30, 2012; amended August 23, 2016, effective January 1, 2017.