These Rules shall be effective on January 1, 1991, and any disciplinary investigation or proceeding pending on that date shall be processed under these Rules except to the extent that, upon petition of the General Counsel or a respondent, the Disciplinary Board finds that an injustice or severe hardship would result, in which case the rules in effect at the time of the commission of the alleged offense shall apply.
APPENDIX “A”
Petitions for reinstatement shall be addressed to the General Counsel and filed in eight (8) copies with the Secretary of the Alabama State Bar.
(a) The petition shall be sworn and shall contain the following information:
(1) Name, age, residence, address, and number and relation of dependents of the petitioner;
(2) A statement showing all residences maintained during the period of the petitioner's suspension, disbarment, or disability inactive status, with names and addresses of landlords, if any;
(3) The nature of the petitioner's occupation in detail during the period of the petitioner's suspension, disbarment, or disability inactive status, or surrender of license with names and addresses of all partners, associates in business, and employers, if any, and exact dates and duration of all such relations and employments;
(4) A statement showing the approximate monthly earnings and other income of the petitioner, and the sources from which all such earnings and income were derived during the period of the petitioner's suspension, disbarment, disability inactive status, or surrender of license.
(5) Copies of federal and state income tax returns filed by the petitioner during the period of his or her suspension, disbarment, or disability inactive status, together with the petitioner's written consent to the Disciplinary Board to secure the originals of said returns from the proper agency of the Treasury Department of the United States or the Department of Revenue of the state;
(6) A statement showing all claimed or admitted financial obligations of the petitioner at the date of filing the petition, together with the dates when the obligations were incurred and the names and addresses of all creditors
(7) A statement showing the dates, general nature, and final disposition of every civil action wherein the petitioner was either a party-plaintiff or defendant or in which he or she had or claimed an interest, together with the dates of filing of complaints, titles of courts and causes, and the names and addresses of all parties, plaintiff and defendant, names and addresses of lawyers for such parties and of the trial judge, or judges, and the names and addresses of all witnesses who testified in such action or actions;
(8) A statement showing dates, general nature, and ultimate disposition of every matter involving the arrest or prosecution of the petitioner during the period of his suspension, disbarment, disability inactive status, or surrender of license for any crime, whether felony or misdemeanor, together with the names and addresses of complaining witnesses, prosecutors, and trial judges;
(9) A statement as to whether any applications were made during the period of the petitioner's suspension, disbarment, disability inactive status, or surrender of license for a license requiring proof of good character for its procurement; and, as to each application, the dates, the names, and the addresses of the authorities to whom each application was addressed and the disposition thereof;
(10) A statement of any procedure or inquiry during the period of the petitioner's suspension, disbarment, disability inactive status, or surrender of license concerning the petitioner's standing as a member of any profession or organization, or holder of any license or office, which involved the censure, removal, suspension, revocation of license, or discipline of the petitioner; and, as to each, the dates, facts, and disposition thereof, and the name and address of the authority in possession of the records thereof;
(11) A statement of facts claimed by the petitioner to justify reinstatement.
(b) The petition for reinstatement shall be accompanied by affidavits of the clerks and registers of the courts in the several counties in which the petitioner has resided during the period of his or her suspension, disbarment, disability inactive status, or surrender of license establishing that he or she has not practiced in their respective courts during the period of his or her suspension, disbarment, disability inactive status, or surrender of license.
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