Petitions for reinstatement by a disbarred or suspended attorney under this rule shall be
filed with the chief judge of this court.
(a) Upon receipt of the petition, the chief judge shall determine whether the attorney is
entitled to reinstatement without a hearing and issue an appropriate order.
(b) If the petitioner is not entitled to reinstatement without a hearing the chief judge shall
promptly refer the petition to counsel and shall assign the matter for prompt hearing before one
or more judges of this court, provided, however, that if the disciplinary proceeding was
predicated upon the complaint of a judge of this court, the hearing shall be conducted before
a panel of three (3) other judges of this court appointed by the chief judge, or, if there are less
than three (3) judges eligible to serve or the chief judge was the complainant, by the chief
judge of the court of appeals for this circuit. The judge or judges assigned to the matter shall
within thirty (30) days after referral schedule a hearing at which the petitioner shall have the
burden of demonstrating by clear and convincing evidence that he or she has the moral
qualifications, competency and learning in the law required for admission to practice law before
this court and that his or her resumption of the practice of law will not be detrimental to the
integrity and standing of the bar or to the administration of justice, or subversive of the public
interest. Absent extraordinary circumstances, no such petition for reinstatement shall be
granted unless the attorney seeking reinstatement meets the requirements for admission set
forth in Local Rule 83.8.1.2. In the case where this court has imposed discipline or otherwise
taken adverse action identical to that imposed or taken by a state court or authority, any
petition for reinstatement in this court shall be held in abeyance until a petition for
reinstatement to practice in the state court has been filed and finally decided, unless otherwise
ordered by this court.
