Types of Discipline

(a) Discipline. An attorney who commits misconduct may be disciplined by any of the following: (1) disbarment by the Supreme Court; (2) suspension by the Supreme Court for an indefinite period of time; (3) suspension by the Supreme Court for a definite period of time; (4) probation by the Supreme Court for a definite period of time under Rule 227; (5) censure by the Supreme Court, which the Supreme Court may order to be published in the Kansas Reports; (6) informal admonition, which is not published and is the least serious form of public discipline and which may be imposed by a hearing panel or by the disciplinary administrator at the direction of the review committee; or (7) any other discipline or condition the Supreme Court determines is appropriate. (b) Disciplinary History. All types of discipline become a permanent part of an attorney’s reportable disciplinary history. [ History: New rule adopted effective January 1, 2021.]