Rule 225: Types of Discipline

(a)   Discipline. An attorney who commits misconduct may be disciplined by any of the following:

(1)   disbarment by the Supreme Court;

(2)   suspension by the Supreme Court for an indefinite period of time;

(3)   suspension by the Supreme Court for a definite period of time;

(4)   probation by the Supreme Court for a definite period of time under Rule 227;

(5)   censure by the Supreme Court, which the Supreme Court may order to be published in the Kansas Reports;

(6)   informal admonition, which is not published and is the least serious form of public discipline and which may be imposed by a hearing panel or by the disciplinary administrator at the direction of the review committee; or

(7)   any other discipline or condition the Supreme Court determines is appropriate.

(b)   Disciplinary History. All types of discipline become a permanent part of an attorney’s reportable disciplinary history.

[History: New rule adopted effective January 1, 2021.]