Section 16-19-54 - Attorney's duty to respond to disciplinary board. - South Dakota Statutes

16-19-54. Attorney's duty to respond to disciplinary board. It shall be the duty of every attorney to promptly and appropriately respond to any complaint or letter forwarded to him by any member of the disciplinary board. In the event he shall fail to do so, he may be subject to private reprimand by the disciplinary board, or, after hearing upon order to show cause, disciplined by the Supreme Court.

Source: Sup. Ct. Disc. Rules Aug. 28, 1974, § 10; SDCL Supp, 16-19 Appx.; Supreme Court Rule 78-1, Rule XVII.