<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 16-19-78 - Notice to office clients of disbarment or suspension. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2044952Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2044952SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044952CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2044952Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2044952DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044952000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044952SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044952SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2044952Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-19-78"><span class="s2044952SENU">16-19-78</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044952SENU">. </span><span class="s2044952CL">Notice to office clients of disbarment or suspension.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044952Normal-000000"><span class="s2044952DefaultParagraphFont">A disbarred or suspended attorney shall promptly notify, or cause to be notified, by certified mail, return receipt requested, all clients being represented in pending matters, other than litigation or administrative proceedings, of the attorney's disbarment or suspension and consequent inability to act as an attorney after the effective date of the disbarment or suspension. The notice shall advise such clients to seek legal advice of the client's own choice elsewhere.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044952Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044952000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044952Normal"><span class="s2044952SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044952SCL-000002"> Sup. Ct. Disc. Rules Aug. 28, 1974, § 8 (a); SDCL Supp, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-19"><span class="s2044952SCL-000002">16-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044952SCL-000002"> Appx.; Supreme Court Rule 78-1, Rule XIII (a); SL 2016, ch 246 (Supreme Court Rule 16-56), eff. July 1, 2016; SL 2018, ch 298 (Supreme Court Rule 18-07), eff. July 1, 2018.</span></p></div></body></html>