JURISDICTION OF NON-RESIDENT ATTORNEYS - NOTICE - SERVICE

(a) The acceptance by a non-resident attorney of the rights and privileges of the license to practice law in the State of Mississippi or admission pro hac vice, shall be deemed equivalent to an appointment by the non-resident attorney of the Executive Director of the Bar to be the attorney’s true and lawful attorney, upon whom may be served all process, summons or notice of any and all proceedings against the attorney instituted pursuant to and conducted under these Rules. Acceptance of the rights and privileges of the license to practice law in the State of Mississippi or admission pro hac vice by a non-resident attorney in the State of Mississippi shall constitute the attorney’s agreement that process, summons, or notice against the attorney which is 36 so served shall have the same legal force and validity as if served personally. (b) Notice of the service of process, summons, or notice, together with a copy of any grievance or complaint, shall be mailed forthwith by the Executive Director of the Bar by United States certified mail, return receipt requested, with postage pre-paid, to the non-resident attorney at the attorney’s address as is registered with the Bar under Rule 1 of these Rules or with the Court upon admission pro hac vice, or to the address registered with the attorney’s home state or local bar. (c) When process, summons, or notice is given as herein provided, and return receipt, or refusal, or failure to claim, is filed, it shall be deemed sufficient to give the Court and its disciplinary agencies jurisdiction over the non-resident attorney for the purpose of investigating and finally determining any grievance or complaint touching upon the professional conduct or conduct evincing unfitness for the practice of law or the personal incapacity to practice law of the non-resident attorney. PART TWO. PROCEEDINGS IN WHICH AN ATTORNEY IS DECLARED TO BE INCOMPETENT OR ALLEGED TO BE INCAPACITATED