Assessment of attorneys for fund; enforcement

(1) Annual assessments. Commencing with the State Bar’s July 1, 2008 fiscal year, every attorney who is an active member or judicial member of the state bar shall pay to the fund an annual assessment, to be determined by the supreme court. Commencing with the State Bar’s 2026 fiscal year (July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026), the assessment shall be $75.00. Commencing with the State Bar’s 2028 fiscal year (July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028), the assessment shall be $100.00. Emeritus members and inactive members of the state bar are excused from the annual assessment. An attorney whose annual state bar membership dues are waived for hardship shall be excused from the payment of the annual assessment for that year. An attorney shall be excused from the payment of the annual assessment for the first fiscal year during which he or she is required to pay dues and assessments. (2) Collection: Failure to pay. The annual assessment shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the annual membership dues for the state bar are collected, together with the assessments imposed to pay the costs of the lawyer regulation system and the continuing legal education function of the board of bar examiners, as set forth in SCR 10.03 (5) (a). An attorney who fails to timely pay the annual assessment shall have his or her right to practice 62 law suspended pursuant to SCR 10.03 (6). (3) Reinstatement. An attorney suspended from the practice of law for failure to pay the annual assessment may petition for reinstatement pursuant to SCR 10.03 (6m).