Both the complainant and the respondent have the right to appeal the issuance of an admonition. Private Probation . Private probation may be used only upon agreement of the director of the OLPR, the respondent, and the chair or vice chair of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. Probation allows the lawyer to practice with certain restrictions, conditions, or obligations on her practice. Most often probation is used in connection with matters such as repeated problems with diligence, client communication, trust account record keeping, or tax return filing.
Suspension is the loss for a period of time of the privilege to practice law.
Disbarment is the presumptively permanent loss of the privilege to practice law. The OLPR begins the process of seeking public discipline by filing charges of unprofessional conduct. This proceeding is not public. The Panel determines whether probable cause exists to believe that public discipline is warranted on any or all of the charges against the lawyer. If a Panel finds probable cause exists, then the OLPR files with the Supreme Court a petition for disciplinary action.