Office of Disciplinary Counsel
IMPORTANT
GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING YOUR COMPLAINT
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- Please do not attempt to file your complaint until you have read all of the enclosed information.
- Fill out the Complaint Cover Sheet as completely as possible.
- Do make certain your complaint is legible.
- Do not draft your complaint on both sides of the paper.
- Do not use odd-sized paper for your complaint.
- Do not bind your complaint or use tabs and staples excessively.
- If you have documentation to support your complaint, do not send the originals.
- Please do not submit audio/video tapes.
- If you are a resident of a state institution, please include an alternate address where we may reach you should you be released or transferred to another institution.
- When calling ODC concerning a complaint you have filed, please
give the staff the name of the attorney you are inquiring about.
The Complaint Cover Sheet may be copied if more than one form is required. Use one Complaint Cover Sheet for each attorney. ODC does not file complaints against law firms, only individual attorneys.
If you are unable to type your complaint, please double space your complaint.
Standard 8½ x 11 inch plain white paper is ideal.
Your complaint must be copied numerous times.
The use of non-standard paper, tabs and staples slows down the process.
ODC staff is not responsible for copying and returning any portion of your file.
Charge for copying a file is $20.00.
In addition to the fact that ODC requires complaints to contain written documentation, we are not equipped or staffed to copy or transcribe tapes.
